---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in creation, alteration and termination of condominiums, further providing for contents of declaration and all condominiums; in management of the condominium, further providing for powers of unit owners' association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of common elements; in protection of purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for warranty against structural defects; in creation, alteration and termination of cooperatives, further providing for contents of declaration; in management of cooperatives, further providing for powers of association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of cooperative; in protection of cooperative interest purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for implied warranty against structural defects; in general provisions relating to planned communities, further providing for definitions; in creation, alteration and termination of planned communities, further providing for construction and validity of declaration and bylaws and for contents of declaration and all planned communities; in management of planned community, further providing for power of unit owners' association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of common facilities; and, in protection of purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for warranty against structural defects."
description: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in creation, alteration and termination of condominiums, further providing for contents of declaration and all condominiums; in management of the condominium, further providing for powers of unit owners' association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of common elements; in protection of purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for warranty against structural defects; in creation, alteration and termination of cooperatives, further providing for contents of declaration; in management of cooperatives, further providing for powers of association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of cooperative; in protection of cooperative interest purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for implied warranty against structural defects; in general provisions relating to planned communities, further providing for definitions; in creation, alteration and termination of planned communities, further providing for construction and validity of declaration and bylaws and for contents of declaration and all planned communities; in management of planned community, further providing for power of unit owners' association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of common facilities; and, in protection of purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for warranty against structural defects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1499"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1499 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. K. Keller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d2e2ab3-39ec-4a20-a62a-3d82f8bd75fe"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1499"
source_hash: "3060a1cb66b095d120a9521499a81e0fea4d85d4303f29dd69c1d0282aae1901"
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 1499 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in creation, alteration and termination of condominiums, further providing for contents of declaration and all condominiums; in management of the condominium, further providing for powers of unit owners' association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of common elements; in protection of purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for warranty against structural defects; in creation, alteration and termination of cooperatives, further providing for contents of declaration; in management of cooperatives, further providing for powers of association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of cooperative; in protection of cooperative interest purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for implied warranty against structural defects; in general provisions relating to planned communities, further providing for definitions; in creation, alteration and termination of planned communities, further providing for construction and validity of declaration and bylaws and for contents of declaration and all planned communities; in management of planned community, further providing for power of unit owners' association, for executive board members and officers and for conveyance or encumbrance of common facilities; and, in protection of purchasers, further providing for release of liens and for warranty against structural defects.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1919** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1499&pn=1919)
2. **Printer's No. 3688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1499&pn=3688)

## Votes

- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1499 PN 3688, CONCUR — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. K. Keller — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Digirolamo — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1919 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3688 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d2e2ab3-39ec-4a20-a62a-3d82f8bd75fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).