---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.214, No.67), known as the Bingo Law, further providing for definitions, for rules for licensing and operation and for penalty."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.214, No.67), known as the Bingo Law, further providing for definitions, for rules for licensing and operation and for penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 411"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 411 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klunk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ded0f0-d622-444f-b123-deb4f4d05358"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=411"
source_hash: "6c20c953b8983e673349c03157940c58c067544b9730306e47dec6e360e0d6b2"
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 411 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.214, No.67), known as the Bingo Law, further providing for definitions, for rules for licensing and operation and for penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0411&pn=1014)

## Votes

- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klunk — primary (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Marsico — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1014 Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9ded0f0-d622-444f-b123-deb4f4d05358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).