---
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: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 607 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dfb7d8d-156c-4c7e-8b18-6b18fe9a0900"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=32&rollcallid=845&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "12c3814e7d37b7d3eba012663aa844053ef24b853f519eae53c0f2116fbf989a"
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 607 (2023-2024) — 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. PN0657** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0607/PN0657)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Aging & Older Adult Services): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Aging & Youth): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judy Ward — primary (person)
- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Youth `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Older Adult Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 62 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dfb7d8d-156c-4c7e-8b18-6b18fe9a0900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).