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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1248: An Act designating rye whiskey as the official State spirit of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 1248 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 30, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act designating rye whiskey as the official State spirit of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Primary sponsor: Camera Bartolotta (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 12, 2026): Referred to Liquor Control.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Camera BartolottaPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Michele BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Devlin RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Steve SantarsieroCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Lindsey WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate38

“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 Liquor Control
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Second consideration
  4. First consideration
  5. Reported as committed
  6. Referred to State Government

Sources

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