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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for legitimate cannabis-related business and incentive-based savings program; and imposing a penalty."
description: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for legitimate cannabis-related business and incentive-based savings program; and imposing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 331 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa1bae7-96f5-4fb9-96b4-51bb00afa5fd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=331"
source_hash: "89a2190310e084da0897f2dc0748b61613289e0b239b81e767c540c01c3c90c6"
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 331 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for legitimate cannabis-related business and incentive-based savings program; and imposing a penalty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0306** (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=0331&pn=0306)
2. **Printer's No. 3324** (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=0331&pn=3324)
## Votes
- HB 331 PN 3324, Final Passage — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- HB 331 PN 306, 2021 A5137, DISANTO Amendment No. A-5137 — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (BANKING AND INSURANCE): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 331 PN 3324, CONCUR — **173–27** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- R. Brown — primary (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Covington — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Merski — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0306 Referred to COMMERCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to BANKING AND INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3324 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 56 of 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6aa1bae7-96f5-4fb9-96b4-51bb00afa5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).