---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fireworks, further providing for definitions, for sales locations and for Attorney General."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fireworks, further providing for definitions, for sales locations and for Attorney General."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 694"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 694 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Farry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3506b92e-99bf-4fcc-8b97-c1156b943636"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=818&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "b505f14a654f4778853cdceb12ae469233ef6e636e7d6289ceb09a31f8e36c83"
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 694 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fireworks, further providing for definitions, for sales locations and for Attorney General.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0722** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0694/PN0722)
2. **Printer's No. PN1114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0694/PN1114)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **153–50** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Amended — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Adopt Amendment — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Farry — primary (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+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`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 23 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3506b92e-99bf-4fcc-8b97-c1156b943636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).