republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-1260.md

---
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 the pharmaceutical assistance contract for the elderly needs enhancement tier, for board, for powers of the department and for coordination of benefits."
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 the pharmaceutical assistance contract for the elderly needs enhancement tier, for board, for powers of the department and for coordination of benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1260"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1260 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0251a2e4-1d8f-4a92-b0ca-fb32d1e41ab9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1260"
source_hash: "51011c19a33fba2ba60b7b244451e20656b6dde5cf2a32ee9d7c50e9b40b596d"
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 1260 (2021-2022) — 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 the pharmaceutical assistance contract for the elderly needs enhancement tier, for board, for powers of the department and for coordination of benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1334** (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=1260&pn=1334)
2. **Printer's No. 2192** (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=1260&pn=2192)
3. **Printer's No. 2320** (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=1260&pn=2320)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1260 PN 2320, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (AGING AND YOUTH): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1260 PN 2192, 2021 A2699 — **197–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas — primary (person)
- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Benham — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgerald — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Kosierowski — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
- N. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1334 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2192 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2320 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGING AND YOUTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 94 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0251a2e4-1d8f-4a92-b0ca-fb32d1e41ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).