SB 163 — An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-03
Latest action: — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 13, 2025
Sponsors
- Scott Martin (R, PA-13) — sponsor · 2025-04-03
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to APPROPRIATIONS, April 3, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, May 12, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, May 12, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, May 13, 2025
- · senate — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 13, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0532 · 1,137 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 532
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 163
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, APRIL 3, 2025
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 3, 2025
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in
3 the Department of Community and Economic Development.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The sum of $2,262,000 is hereby appropriated from
7 the restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the
8 Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community
9 and Economic Development to provide for the operation of that
10 office for the fiscal year July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025, or
12 immediately, whichever is later.Connected on the graph
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
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| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Martin (R, state_upper PA-13) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg