---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark, further providing for definitions, for Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark, for licensee qualification, for duties and authority of department, for trademark license agreement, application and licensure process, for costs, for Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark Licensing Fund, for injunctive relief, for rules and regulations and for purpose, repealing provisions relating to definitions and further providing for qualified veterans and qualified veteran business entities."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark, further providing for definitions, for Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark, for licensee qualification, for duties and authority of department, for trademark license agreement, application and licensure process, for costs, for Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark Licensing Fund, for injunctive relief, for rules and regulations and for purpose, repealing provisions relating to definitions and further providing for qualified veterans and qualified veteran business entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 157 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Pashinski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeffee0d-9012-4dc0-bc9e-83958c57efed"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=71&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "0fd9548420b659b745be50ca542186fc43e38443008c81e9f71dfdae68131219"
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 157 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark, further providing for definitions, for Pennsylvania Preferred® trademark, for licensee qualification, for duties and authority of department, for trademark license agreement, application and licensure process, for costs, for Pennsylvania Preferred® Trademark Licensing Fund, for injunctive relief, for rules and regulations and for purpose, repealing provisions relating to definitions and further providing for qualified veterans and qualified veteran business entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0157/PN0134)
2. **Printer's No. PN1030** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0157/PN1030)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Adopt Amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Pashinski — primary (person)
- Barry Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Danilo Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- P. Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Harkins — cosponsor (person)
- Perry Warren — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **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. 21 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeffee0d-9012-4dc0-bc9e-83958c57efed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).