---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act repealing the act of September 1, 1965 (P.L.420, No.215), known as The Frozen Dessert Law."
description: "An Act repealing the act of September 1, 1965 (P.L.420, No.215), known as The Frozen Dessert Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 152 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Ward"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f5f8c85-1126-4942-a393-1ea72db799cb"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=482&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "b65de0fde60df26937a1410834b02f09f531b5f79a1c3c4214e055d733908368"
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 152 (2023-2024) — An Act repealing the act of September 1, 1965 (P.L.420, No.215), known as The Frozen Dessert Law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0152/PN0124)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Committed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Ward — primary (person)
- Doug Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 27 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f5f8c85-1126-4942-a393-1ea72db799cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).