---
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: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2561"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2561 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristine Howard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7291aacc-707c-4e7a-a0bd-2d3d38a55edb"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=2396&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "741931b3736153412b8dccb08e0b87f24f607c8e39b686c0c0c97a68470425ba"
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 2561 (2023-2024) — 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. PN3611** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB2561/PN3611)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kristine Howard — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 106 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7291aacc-707c-4e7a-a0bd-2d3d38a55edb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).