---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary."
description: "An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2538"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2538 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis Delrosso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61f7e403-2a67-416c-8bb6-72319af781ea"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2538"
source_hash: "0aab598a8ffa45c98271f538c00ab62866962136bf0732d56b94544df40f7fa9"
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 2538 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law, in State lottery, further providing for powers and duties of secretary.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3021** (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=2538&pn=3021)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 2538 PN 3021, Final Passage — **48–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Lewis Delrosso — primary (person)
- Armanini — cosponsor (person)
- Day — cosponsor (person)
- N. Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3021 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 137 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61f7e403-2a67-416c-8bb6-72319af781ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).