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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 177: An Act providing for the creation of keystone opportunity dairy zones to facilitate the economic development of Pennsylvania's dairy industry; authorizing expenditures; providing for tax exemptions, tax deductions, tax abatements and tax credits; creating additional obligations of the Commonwealth and local governmental units; prescribing powers and duties of certain State and local departments, agencies and officials; and imposing penalties.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 177 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on March 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for the creation of keystone opportunity dairy zones to facilitate the economic development of Pennsylvania's dairy industry; authorizing expenditures; providing for tax exemptions, tax deductions, tax abatements and tax credits; creating additional obligations of the Commonwealth and local governmental units; prescribing powers and duties of certain State and local departments, agencies and officials; and imposing penalties. Primary sponsor: John Lawrence (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 10, 2025): Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John LawrencePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Amen BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Mark GillenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Keith GreinerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Keith HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse195
Lee JamesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Roman KozakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Dan MoulCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Clint OwlettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Chad ReichardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Brian SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source