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2023–2024 Regular Session

House Bill 157

An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark, further providing for definitions, for Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark, for licensee qualification, for duties and authority of department, for trademark license agreement, application and licensure process, for costs, for Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark Licensing Fund, for injunctive relief, for rules and regulations and for purpose, repealing provisions relating to definitions and further providing for qualified veterans and qualified veteran business entities.

Became law as Act 21 of 2023, signed November 1, 2023, 238 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

26 co-sponsors

Maureen E. Madden, Christopher M. Rabb, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Stephen Kinsey, Joe Ciresi, Carol Hill-Evans, Barry J. Jozwiak, PATRICK J. HARKINS, Justin C. Fleming, ED NEILSON, Danilo Burgos, Nancy Guenst, P. MICHAEL STURLA, Steven R. Malagari, David H. Zimmerman, Emily Kinkead, Jim Haddock, Jennifer O'Mara, Mark Rozzi, R. Lee James, Perry S. Warren, ROBERT FREEMAN, Tarik Khan, STEVE SAMUELSON, Joe Webster, TINA M. DAVIS

Its course

March 8 to November 1, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action23 actions on 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 8 to May 255 days

Agriculture & Rural AffairsMar 8 to Apr 2548 days

AppropriationsMay 1 to May 21 day

In the SenateMay 2 to Oct 23174 days

Agriculture & Rural AffairsMay 11 to Jun 626 days

AppropriationsJun 7 to Oct 23138 days

Waiting to be sentOct 23 to Oct 230 days

With the GovernorOct 23 to Nov 19 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading201–0

    Passed · May 2

  • Senate, third reading46–4

    Passed · Oct 23

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 25

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 8 – May 2

  1. Mar 8Sent to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
  2. Apr 25AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS recommended it as amended
  3. May 1Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. May 2APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 201 to 0

In the Senate May 11 – Oct 23

  1. May 11Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
  3. Jun 6AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS recommended it
  4. Jun 7Read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. Oct 23APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  7. Passed the Senate, 46 to 4

To the Governor Oct 23 – Nov 1

  1. Oct 23Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Signed in the Senate
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Nov 1Signed by the Governor
  5. Became Act 21 of 2023
All 23 actions, as published
  1. Mar 8Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, March 8, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  2. Apr 25Reported as amended, April 25, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  3. Apr 25First consideration, April 25, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  4. Apr 25Laid on the table, April 25, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  5. Apr 26Removed from table, April 26, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  6. May 1Second consideration, May 1, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  7. May 1Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 1, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  8. May 2Re-reported as committed, May 2, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  9. May 2Third consideration and final passage, May 2, 2023 (201-0) [House]House of Representatives
  10. May 2(Remarks see House Journal Page 304-305), May 2, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  11. May 11In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  12. May 11Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, May 11, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  13. Jun 6Reported as committed, June 6, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  14. Jun 6First consideration, June 6, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  15. Jun 7Second consideration, June 7, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  16. Jun 7Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 7, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  17. Oct 23Re-reported as committed, Oct. 23, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  18. Oct 23Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 23, 2023 (46-4) [Senate]Senate
  19. Oct 23Signed in House, Oct. 23, 2023 [House]House of Representatives
  20. Oct 23Signed in Senate, Oct. 23, 2023 [Senate]Senate
  21. Oct 23Presented to the Governor, Oct. 23, 2023Governor
  22. Nov 1Approved by the Governor, Nov. 1, 2023Governor
  23. Nov 1Act No. 21 of 2023, Nov. 1, 2023Governor