republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-777.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, in club licensees, further providing for report and for distribution of proceeds."
description: "An Act amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, in club licensees, further providing for report and for distribution of proceeds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 777"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 777 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klunk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fee2193-5938-4d54-8e22-6479a62e9e98"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=777"
source_hash: "0b35c71243fe59de43ad4fa5aa2e2fdaf531e6edef036bc5f263a11151e7f718"
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 777 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, in club licensees, further providing for report and for distribution of proceeds.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0777&pn=3631)
2. **Printer's No. 4342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0777&pn=4342)
3. **Senate Amendment A05998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0777&pn=3631&aYear=2019&an=05998)

## Votes

- Committee vote (COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 777 PN 4342, CONCUR — **201–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klunk — primary (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Merski — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Wentling — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3631 Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4342 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fee2193-5938-4d54-8e22-6479a62e9e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).