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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for legitimate cannabis-related business and incentive-based savings program; and imposing a penalty."
+description: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for legitimate cannabis-related business and incentive-based savings program; and imposing a penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 331"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 331 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Brown"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa1bae7-96f5-4fb9-96b4-51bb00afa5fd"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=331"
+source_hash: "89a2190310e084da0897f2dc0748b61613289e0b239b81e767c540c01c3c90c6"
+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 331 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for legitimate cannabis-related business and incentive-based savings program; and imposing a penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0306** (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=0331&pn=0306)
+2. **Printer's No. 3324** (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=0331&pn=3324)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 331 PN 3324, Final Passage — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+- HB 331 PN 306, 2021 A5137, DISANTO Amendment No. A-5137 — **47–2** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 331 PN 3324, CONCUR — **173–27** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Brown — primary (person)
+- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
+- Covington — cosponsor (person)
+- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Merski — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0306 Referred to COMMERCE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3324 Amended on third consideration
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 56 of 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6aa1bae7-96f5-4fb9-96b4-51bb00afa5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+