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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility."
+description: "An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 291"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 291 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Labs"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89f5fbd2-6b23-4181-b436-400b992b4099"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=291"
+source_hash: "ede692f4a0c94317b7dc14254393f7527fe82e2602212750b0cb385b0fcb112c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 291 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly, further providing for determination of eligibility.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0291&pn=0257)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 291 PN 257, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Labs — primary (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Causer — cosponsor (person)
+- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
+- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
+- Farry — cosponsor (person)
+- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Galloway — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
+- James — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Markosek — cosponsor (person)
+- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
+- Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
+- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
+- Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0257 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2021-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 92 of 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89f5fbd2-6b23-4181-b436-400b992b4099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+