---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary."
description: "An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 956"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 956 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d556bee2-33b6-4434-813a-8005b3254a07"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=956"
source_hash: "91505eb7325ba88e4932810b9708138b0ca7c8b206c3a75da925ccade4f4e34a"
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 956 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0956&pn=1081&aYear=2019&an=01956)
2. **Printer's No. 1081** (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=0956&pn=1081)
3. **Printer's No. 2191** (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=0956&pn=2191)

## Votes

- HB 956 PN 1081, 2019 A1956, JONES — **196–4** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–4** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murt — primary (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1081 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2191 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-21T04:00:00+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`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/d556bee2-33b6-4434-813a-8005b3254a07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).