---
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 determination of eligibility."
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 determination of eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 291 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Labs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89f5fbd2-6b23-4181-b436-400b992b4099"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=291"
source_hash: "ede692f4a0c94317b7dc14254393f7527fe82e2602212750b0cb385b0fcb112c"
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 291 (2021-2022) — 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 determination of eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0257** (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=0291&pn=0257)

## Votes

- HB 291 PN 257, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Labs — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Galloway — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Markosek — cosponsor (person)
- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
- Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0257 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 92 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89f5fbd2-6b23-4181-b436-400b992b4099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).