Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB1030: An Act designating Hershey's Kisses as the official State candy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Status: Passed one chamber, November 19, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 24, 2025:
PRINTER'S NO. 1105 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. Session of INTRODUCED BY MEHAFFIE, CERRATO, DALEY, DAVIDSON, FLEMING, GREINER, HOGAN, JAMES, KERWIN, KHAN, MADSEN, MALAGARI, MARCELL, MENTZER, NEILSON, PROKOPIAK, REICHARD, SCHLOSSBERG, WARREN AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 24, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM, RECREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARCH 24, 2025 Designating Hershey's Kisses as the official State candy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Findings and declarations. The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) The ship on the official Commonwealth flag represents commerce from all over the world, and The Hershey Company, commonly known as Hershey's, offers its candy products for sale in approximately 85 countries. (2) Hershey's Kisses are one of the most iconic chocolate products ever created by Hershey's and one of the most recognized and beloved chocolate products around the world. (3) Each day, more than 70,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are produced in Hershey. (4) Hershey's supports many aspects of this Commonwealth's economy, including supporting this Commonwealth's proud dairy industry for more than 125 years through the company's use of fresh dairy milk that surrounds the company's chocolate factories. (5) Hershey's Kisses are one of the most popular packaged candy products for Valentine's Day, which is a day when many residents of …
Sponsors
- Mehaffie III, Thomas L. (R, 106) · primary sponsor
- Melissa Cerrato (D, 151)
- Mary Jo Daley (D, 148)
- Nathan Davidson (D, 103)
- Justin Fleming (D, 105)
- Keith Greiner (R, 43)
- Joseph Hogan (R, 142)
- Robert James (R, 64)
- Joseph Kerwin (R, 125)
- Tarik Khan (D, 194)
- David Madsen (D, 104)
- Steven Malagari (D, 53)
Latest actions
- : Re-referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Nov. 19, 2025
- : Reported as amended, Nov. 19, 2025
- : Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, May 22, 2025
- : In the Senate
- : (Remarks see House Journal Page 670-671), May 13, 2025
- : Third consideration and final passage, May 13, 2025 (150-53)
- : Re-reported as committed, May 13, 2025
- : Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 12, 2025
- : Second consideration, May 12, 2025
- : Removed from table, May 7, 2025
Votes
- Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development: Reported as Amended (November 19, 2025): 12 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development: Adopt Amendment (November 19, 2025): 12 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Third consideration and final passage, May 13, 2025 (150-53) (May 13, 2025): 150 yea, 53 nay, passed
- House Appropriations: Re-report Bill As Committed (May 13, 2025): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Tourism, Recreation & Economic Development: Report Bill As Committed (April 23, 2025): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: TOURISM, RECREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, APPROPRIATIONS
Common questions
- What is HB1030?
- HB1030 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): An Act designating Hershey's Kisses as the official State candy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- What is the status of HB1030?
- Passed one chamber as of November 19, 2025. Latest action: Re-referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Nov. 19, 2025 (November 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1030?
- Mehaffie III, Thomas L. (R, 106), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1030?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb1030
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