republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-2071.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 64 (Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority to provide broadband Internet access to unserved and underserved residents; and providing for powers and duties of the authority and for grant awards.	An Act amending Title 64 (Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority to provide broadband Internet access to unserved and underserved residents; and providing for powers and duties of the authority and for grant awards.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 2071	Pennsylvania HB 2071 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Causer	3	24	7	2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00	2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c3a8dc64-83dc-4b7d-9a51-58324cc01278	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2071	eccddb42caba890974dbd90fcee79ca36af1b4b9e70513c6edf96bce63c0af3a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 2071 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 64 (Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority to provide broadband Internet access to unserved and underserved residents; and providing for powers and duties of the authority and for grant awards.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 2392 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2432 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2518 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 2071 PN 2392, 2021 A3054 — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 2071 PN 2518, CONCUR — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY): Adopt Amendment A03202 — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 2071 PN 2518, Final Passage — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Causer — primary (person)
• Armanini — cosponsor (person)
• Major — cosponsor (person)
• Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Matzie — cosponsor (person)
• Owlett — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Roae — cosponsor (person)
• Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
• T. Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2392 Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS referral-committee
• 2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2432 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY referral-committee
• 2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2518 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 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. 96 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3a8dc64-83dc-4b7d-9a51-58324cc01278. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).