republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-2561.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for State Horse Racing Commission.	An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for State Horse Racing Commission.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	HB 2561	Pennsylvania HB 2561 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Kristine Howard	1	21	6	2024-09-17T04:00:00+00:00	2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7291aacc-707c-4e7a-a0bd-2d3d38a55edb	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=2396&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	741931b3736153412b8dccb08e0b87f24f607c8e39b686c0c0c97a68470425ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 2561 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in race horse industry reform, further providing for State Horse Racing Commission.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN3611 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Committed — 25–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kristine Howard — primary (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-09-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs referral-committee
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-10-10T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 106 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7291aacc-707c-4e7a-a0bd-2d3d38a55edb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).