republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-402.md

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Bill	An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik as "Diwali Day" in this Commonwealth.	An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik as "Diwali Day" in this Commonwealth.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 402	Pennsylvania SB 402 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Greg Rothman	1	19	5	2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00	2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/18c2c81c-5c01-4f77-a694-5b9b35f189e0	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=36&rollcallid=2437&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	d0e60e91614dca54c49c88bb403309112d758ad34d70d4ae18b764ff7e629e6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 402 (2023-2024) — An Act providing for the annual designation and holiday observance of the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik as "Diwali Day" in this Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0346 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (State Government): Report Bill As Committed — 18–7 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (State Government): Reported as Committed — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 195–7 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greg Rothman — primary (person)
• Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
• Art Haywood — cosponsor (person)
• Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
• James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Dillon — cosponsor (person)
• Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Katie Muth — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Boscola — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
• Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Sharif Street — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to State Government referral-committee
• 2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to State Government referral-committee
• 2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 112 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18c2c81c-5c01-4f77-a694-5b9b35f189e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).