republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-271.md

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Bill	An act amending Titles 3 (Agriculture) and 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising gaming provisions as follows: in Title 3: for horse racing, in the area of race horse industry reform. In Title 4: for amusements generally, in the areas of fantasy contests, of lottery and of iLottery; for gaming, in the areas of general provisions, of Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, of licensees, of table games, of interactive gaming, of revenues, of administration and enforcement and of miscellaneous provisions; and providing for video gaming. Providing, as to the revisions: for related repeals. Repealing a provision related to keno in the State Lottery Law.	An act amending Titles 3 (Agriculture) and 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising gaming provisions as follows: in Title 3: for horse racing, in the area of race horse industry reform. In Title 4: for amusements generally, in the areas of fantasy contests, of lottery and of iLottery; for gaming, in the areas of general provisions, of Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, of licensees, of table games, of interactive gaming, of revenues, of administration and enforcement and of miscellaneous provisions; and providing for video gaming. Providing, as to the revisions: for related repeals. Repealing a provision related to keno in the State Lottery Law.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 271	Pennsylvania HB 271 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Ortitay	7	33	15	2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00	2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7cd4d381-b16c-4f37-89a0-978e7a4e0439	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=271	0d62f75f40df30a275bbb48ba62da240b40311ccdef5b1d1671c4b83325af88b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 271 (2017-2018) — An act amending Titles 3 (Agriculture) and 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, extensively revising gaming provisions as follows: in Title 3: for horse racing, in the area of race horse industry reform. In Title 4: for amusements generally, in the areas of fantasy contests, of lottery and of iLottery; for gaming, in the areas of general provisions, of Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, of licensees, of table games, of interactive gaming, of revenues, of administration and enforcement and of miscellaneous provisions; and providing for video gaming. Providing, as to the revisions: for related repeals. Repealing a provision related to keno in the State Lottery Law.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0229 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1028 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1237 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1821 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 1839 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 1942 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. 2652 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 271 PN 1942, MOT POSTPONE, VITALI — 62–132 (fail) · lower
• HB 271 PN 1028, 2017 A490, KAUFER — 79–112 (fail) · lower
• CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 142–56 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 17–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 271 PN 2652, MOT POSTPONE, STURLA — 52–129 (fail) · lower
• HB 271 PN 1942, PETRI, MOT RECOM GAMING OVERSIGHT — 78–114 (fail) · lower
• HB 271 PN 2652, CONCUR — 109–72 (pass) · lower
• HB 271 PN 2652, MOT POSTPONE, SAMUELSON — 91–92 (fail) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 38–12 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT): Re-Reported as Amended — 11–3 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT): Reported as Committed — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 271 PN 1942, CONCUR — 102–89 (pass) · lower
• HB 271 PN 2652, MOT RECOM GAMING, DIGIROLAMO — 55–128 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ortitay — primary (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
• English — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0229 Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT referral-committee
• 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1028 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1237 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT referral-committee
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT referral-committee
• 2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1821 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1839 Amended on third consideration
• 2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1942 Amended in House Committee on RULES
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House amendment-passage
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2652 Re-reported on concurrence, as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, as amended by the Senate amendment-passage
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments, as amended by the Senate amendment-passage
• 2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cd4d381-b16c-4f37-89a0-978e7a4e0439. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).