---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for fireworks; and making a related repeal."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for fireworks; and making a related repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2157"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2157 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6e89a82-241f-48f6-b026-508e6e5a6136"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2157"
source_hash: "5091ebdc77cde3bad3f699710ea2a6a6cd069f5a60a1b7a981ffb67c439ad271"
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 2157 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for fireworks; and making a related repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2157&pn=2504)
2. **Printer's No. 3051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2157&pn=3051)
3. **Printer's No. 3198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2157&pn=3198)
4. **Printer's No. 3277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2157&pn=3277)
5. **Printer's No. 3332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2157&pn=3332)

## Votes

- HB 2157 PN 3332, Final Passage — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- HB 2157 PN 3051, 2021 A4310 — **168–32** (pass) · lower
- HB 2157 PN 3332, CONCUR — **163–37** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **160–38** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Amended — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **19–5** (pass) · upper
- HB 2157 PN 3277, 2021 A5272, BROWNE Amendment No. A-5272 — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farry — primary (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Conklin — cosponsor (person)
- Deasy — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Emrick — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis Delrosso — cosponsor (person)
- Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schroeder — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2504 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3051 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3198 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3277 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3332 Amended on third consideration
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 74 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6e89a82-241f-48f6-b026-508e6e5a6136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).