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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik as \"Diwali Day\" in this Commonwealth."
+description: "An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik as \"Diwali Day\" in this Commonwealth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 402"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 402 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Rothman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18c2c81c-5c01-4f77-a694-5b9b35f189e0"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=36&rollcallid=2437&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "d0e60e91614dca54c49c88bb403309112d758ad34d70d4ae18b764ff7e629e6c"
+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 SB 402 (2023-2024) — An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik as "Diwali Day" in this Commonwealth.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. PN0346** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0402/PN0346)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (State Government): Report Bill As Committed — **18–7** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (State Government): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–7** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Rothman — primary (person)
+- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
+- Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
+- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
+- Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
+- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
+- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
+- Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Boscola — cosponsor (person)
+- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
+- Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharif Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **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 Senate
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 112 of 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18c2c81c-5c01-4f77-a694-5b9b35f189e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+