---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for State Horse Racing Commission."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for State Horse Racing Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 1237"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1237 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e00cc0ab-bde4-4cb3-981b-fb301559ba4b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1237"
source_hash: "e002f233920915522e78ec16a8bb73e27ff910099b47ec5f4d0a2affd1c34a3a"
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 1237 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for State Horse Racing Commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1237&pn=1654)

## Votes

- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1237 PN 1654, Final Passage — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vogel — primary (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1654 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 97 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e00cc0ab-bde4-4cb3-981b-fb301559ba4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).