republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-291.md

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Bill	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 determination of eligibility.	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 determination of eligibility.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 291	Pennsylvania HB 291 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Labs	1	21	4	2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/89f5fbd2-6b23-4181-b436-400b992b4099	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=291	ede692f4a0c94317b7dc14254393f7527fe82e2602212750b0cb385b0fcb112c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 291 (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 determination of eligibility.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0257 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 291 PN 257, Final Passage — 49–0 (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
• FINAL PASSAGE — 200–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Labs — primary (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
• D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Galloway — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Markosek — cosponsor (person)
• Mizgorski — cosponsor (person)
• Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
• Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
• Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0257 Referred to AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES referral-committee
• 2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed 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
• 2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-10-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-10-18T04:00:00+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. 92 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89f5fbd2-6b23-4181-b436-400b992b4099. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).