---
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: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 923"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 923 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nikki Rivera"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8138929b-3647-4ace-a3c8-cf9a8d3ecc25"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=32&rollcallid=197&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "556e6918b06f75d35909970d1531e28de6fa020d1ef06f7fc2b51c2dda8b78c4"
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 923 (2025-2026) — 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. PN0958** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0923/PN0958)

## Votes

- 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 — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Aging & Youth): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nikki Rivera — primary (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- John Inglis Iii — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Marcell — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Shelby Labs — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Older Adult Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Aging & Youth `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 49 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8138929b-3647-4ace-a3c8-cf9a8d3ecc25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).