---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, providing for milk sell by date and best by date labeling."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, providing for milk sell by date and best by date labeling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 434"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 434 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9618bf39-2d79-4ba7-ba1b-11124ba1235f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=434"
source_hash: "bd39dcad4626867701593c810d1f8e4938ed77d124117966d701e8bb56c75f57"
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 434 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in food protection, providing for milk sell by date and best by date labeling.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0434&pn=0441)
2. **Printer's No. 0877** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0434&pn=0877)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 434 PN 441, Final Passage — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 434 PN 877, Concur in House Amendments — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vogel — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0441 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `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`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0877 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 62 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9618bf39-2d79-4ba7-ba1b-11124ba1235f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).