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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, in State-related institutions, further providing for reporting, for contents of report and for copies and posting and providing for contracts."
+description: "An Act amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, in State-related institutions, further providing for reporting, for contents of report and for copies and posting and providing for contracts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1556"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1556 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kate Klunk"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-07-05T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a82cc015-fdc1-4070-83b4-1c4f02d95f87"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=36&rollcallid=892&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "2d8c96d9e7fd7c512094b797f053ac4de68adb96fc9ebc72b453bc7694c962f4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 1556 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, in State-related institutions, further providing for reporting, for contents of report and for copies and posting and providing for contracts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A02542** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02542)
+2. **Printer's No. PN1817** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1556/PN1817)
+
+## Votes
+
+- A2542 — **90–113** (fail) · lower
+- Committee vote (State Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (State Government): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kate Klunk — primary (person)
+- Aaron Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Abby Major — cosponsor (person)
+- Barbara Gleim — cosponsor (person)
+- Barry Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryan Cutler — cosponsor (person)
+- Bud Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Clint Owlett — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig Staats — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Moul — cosponsor (person)
+- David Rowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Dawn Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- James Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Rigby — cosponsor (person)
+- Joanne Stehr — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Hamm — cosponsor (person)
+- Joe Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph D'Orsie — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristin Marcell — cosponsor (person)
+- Leslie Rossi — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Milou Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelby Labs — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenie Scialabba — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Kutz — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy J. O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
+- Tina Pickett — cosponsor (person)
+- Torren Ecker — cosponsor (person)
+- Valerie Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendy Fink — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-07-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 29 of 2023
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a82cc015-fdc1-4070-83b4-1c4f02d95f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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