---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 23, 2002 (P.L.298, No.39), known as the Main Street Act, further providing for the duration of grants."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 23, 2002 (P.L.298, No.39), known as the Main Street Act, further providing for the duration of grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 450"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 450 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Freeman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea34eac2-d851-4155-bbc1-2b80dbcc2957"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=172&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "fd2cfb8468beb0e9b4528a21e1ed37104441d76e5b316e0bddebc6e23f1d653b"
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 HB 450 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of April 23, 2002 (P.L.298, No.39), known as the Main Street Act, further providing for the duration of grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0450/PN0418)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Community, Economic & Recreational Development): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **166–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Freeman — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon J. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Patty Kim — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarah Probst — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Community, Economic & Recreational Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 128 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea34eac2-d851-4155-bbc1-2b80dbcc2957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).