On June 30, Gov. Tom Wolf signed Pennsylvania House Bill 1621, the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act as Act 50 of 2021 (Act 50), into law. This act reflects years of negotiations between industry groups and municipalities over the balance of local land use authority and ease of deployment in small cell infrastructure deployment. Effective Aug. 29, the act standardizes the local permitting process for small cell facilities located within municipal rights-of-way.