---
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 income verification."
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 income verification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 775"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 775 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diamond"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aab1fa75-3e5a-4521-abea-f9aef7eb4471"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=775"
source_hash: "7ca2366fcd07ca4af0a5a400d002955eb75bb46584004d4b5472a38f1d95aa5f"
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 775 (2019-2020) — 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 income verification.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0848** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0775&pn=0848)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diamond — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0848 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17T04:00:00+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/aab1fa75-3e5a-4521-abea-f9aef7eb4471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).