---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the option to prohibit the location of an establishment license within a municipality."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the option to prohibit the location of an establishment license within a municipality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 321 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df6c384-954f-47f9-8d4c-94b840138b31"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=321"
source_hash: "40213643cb2c5b679bdd7ae58acb30719d2eaa8123a35b0439c1f7c115699854"
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 SB 321 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the option to prohibit the location of an establishment license within a municipality.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0321&pn=0996&aYear=2019&an=02275)
2. **House Amendment A02279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0321&pn=0996&aYear=2019&an=02279)
3. **Printer's No. 0717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0321&pn=0717)
4. **Printer's No. 0996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0321&pn=0996)
5. **Senate Amendment A02088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0321&pn=0717&aYear=2019&an=02088)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **184–17** (pass) · lower
- SB 321 PN 996, 2019 A2275, FREEMAN — **89–112** (fail) · lower
- SB 321 PN 717, A2088, MARTIN AMENDMENT NO. A-2088 — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 321 PN 996, 2019 A2279, FREEMAN — **93–108** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **10–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0717 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0996 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/4df6c384-954f-47f9-8d4c-94b840138b31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).