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PA SB667

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Frank Farry

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates Hershey's Kisses as Pennsylvania's official State candy in perpetuity, contingent on The Hershey Company maintaining its address in the Commonwealth

  • More than 70 million Hershey's Kisses are produced daily in Hershey, Dauphin County, where founder Milton Hershey was born

  • Hershey's Chocolate World attracts over 3.2 million annual visitors and generates more than $200 million in local tourism and economic impact

  • The Hershey Company operates manufacturing facilities in five Pennsylvania counties (Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne, and Northampton) and is opening a new facility in Hershey in 2025

  • The act takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Designating Hershey's Kisses as the official State candy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Last Action

Referred to Community, Economic & Recreational Development

5/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Community, Economic & Recreational Development5/27/2025

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