After years of work, advocates fighting to legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania won their Super Bowl Sunday as Gov. Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 3 into law.

The bill legalizes marijuana for medical purposes in the state. The legislation will take effect after 30 days.

“Since taking office, I have met with patients and families, held round tables, and urged action on this legislation, and it is encouraging that the hard work of these families has resulted in truly historic legislation,” Wolf said in a Sunday press conference.

Wolf, a Democrat, supported the bill that would allow people with 17 medical conditions, including cancer, PTSD and autism, to use medicines derived from marijuana. Under the new law, patients suffering from one of the qualifying conditions will be able to access the drug in pill, oil or ointment form.

What You Need to Know About Medical Marijuana In PA

“Marijuana is medicine and it is coming to Pennsylvania,” State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery County) told supporters inside the rotunda of the capitol building Sunday afternoon. He thanked the hundreds of advocates who made the law happen.

Republican Mike Folmer of Lebanon County told the crowd that “we won.” Along with Leach, Folmer worked hard to get the bill approved by the state legislator.

“This is your day. This is about the people of Pennsylvania. I am so proud to be a part of this,” Folmer said.

Wolf praised elected officials for working together to pass the legislation.

Dana Ulrich, who has connections to Levittown, has been a proponent of medical marijuana. Her daughter, Lorelei, suffers from intractable epilepsy all her life and will likely benefit from medical marijuana.

“[This is] going to save the lives of millions of people from this day on,” Ulrich said. “Thank you.”

Doctors planning to prescribe marijuana for medicinal reasons will have to register with Pennsylvania as a “practitioner.” Dispensaries and those involved with the cultivation and farming process would have to get licensed and pay a start-up fee of $200,000 to the state. The first patients would likely not get their prescription for at least 18 months to two years.

The state will authorize up to 25 marijuana growers and processors while allowing as many as 50 dispensaries each to operate three locations in Pennsylvania.

“As the department moves forward with implementation, we want to make sure that we consider a number of factors in placing these dispensaries to ensure that medical marijuana is readily available for patients with serious medical conditions,” said Pennsylvania Secretary of Health and Human Services Karen Murphy. “The department will be conducting a full population study that will include the location and number of patients suffering from serious medical conditions and their ability to access public transportation to get to these facilities.”

Patients and caregivers participating in the program will receive certified identification cards from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania is now the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana.

Recreational marijuana still remains illegal under state law.