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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 49: An Act establishing the Cannabis Control Board; providing for powers and duties of the Cannabis Control Board; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for permits and for dispensing cannabis to patients and caregivers; and making repeals.

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

SB 49 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on June 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act establishing the Cannabis Control Board; providing for powers and duties of the Cannabis Control Board; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for permits and for dispensing cannabis to patients and caregivers; and making repeals. Primary sponsor: Dan Laughlin (Republican). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 28, 2026): Removed from table.

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 10 · Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dan LaughlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Dave ArgallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Lisa BoscolaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Marty FlynnCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Wayne FontanaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
John KaneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
James MaloneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Joe PicozziCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Devlin RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Nikil SavalCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Judy SchwankCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Sharif StreetCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Tina TartaglioneCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Kim WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Tony WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate8

“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. Removed from table
  2. Laid on the table
  3. Vote by which this bill was defeated on final passage, reconsidered
  4. Third consideration and defeated on final passage
  5. Re-reported as committed
  6. Re-referred to Appropriations
  7. Re-reported as amended
  8. Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
  9. Second consideration
  10. Re-reported as amended
  11. Amended in Senate Committee on Law & Justice
  12. Re-committed to Law & Justice

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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