---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for small wireless facilities deployment."
description: "An Act providing for small wireless facilities deployment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1621"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1621 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56c3dff8-4b89-40ee-8274-760dc5119d7b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1621"
source_hash: "04fbf308e40d96a3d0fd5f6a3faafd6f2ebd5c215ec35401333112866516872a"
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 1621 (2021-2022) — An Act providing for small wireless facilities deployment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1797** (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=1621&pn=1797)

## Votes

- Committee vote (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1621 PN 1797, 2021 A1833, B. MILLER — **36–165** (fail) · lower
- HB 1621 PN 1797, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–3** (pass) · lower
- HB 1621 PN 1797, 2021 A1832, B. MILLER — **24–177** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marshall — primary (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1797 Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS `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`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 50 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56c3dff8-4b89-40ee-8274-760dc5119d7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).