Pennsylvania House Bill 20

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on July 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-07-14 - Referred to Health
Pending: House Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for adult use of cannabis; regulating the personal use and possession of cannabis; establishing the Keystone Cannabis Authority; providing for powers and duties of the Keystone Cannabis Authority; establishing the Community Opportunity Fund; providing for social and economic equity, for regulation of cannabis business establishments, for enforcement and immunities, for laboratory testing, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling and for preparation, destruction and regulation of cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; imposing a sales tax and excise tax on cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for cannabis clean slate and for miscellaneous provisions; imposing penalties; consolidating provisions relating to the medical use of cannabis; transferring certain powers and duties of the Department of Health to the Keystone Cannabis Authority; and making repeals.

Providing for adult use of cannabis; regulating the personal use and possession of cannabis; establishing the Keystone Cannabis Authority; providing for powers and duties of the Keystone Cannabis Authority; establishing the Community Opportunity Fund; providing for social and economic equity, for regulation of cannabis business establishments, for enforcement and immunities, for laboratory testing, for advertising, marketing, packaging and labeling and for preparation, destruction and regulation of cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; imposing a sales tax and excise tax on cannabis and cannabis-infused edible and nonedible products; establishing the Cannabis Regulation Fund; providing for cannabis clean slate and for miscellaneous provisions; imposing penalties; consolidating provisions relating to the medical use of cannabis; transferring certain powers and duties of the Department of Health to the Keystone Cannabis Authority; and making repeals.

Rep. Emily Kinkead [D]	Rep. Abby Major [R]	Rep. Keith Harris [D]	Rep. Nathan Davidson [D]
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein [D]	Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz [D]	Rep. Sean Dougherty [D]	Rep. Dan Williams [D]
Rep. Joseph Ciresi [D]	Rep. John Inglis [D]	Rep. Steven Malagari [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-07-14	House	Referred to Health

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb20
Text	https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0020/PN2119