---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions and for application."
description: "An Act amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions and for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 176 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pickett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72dc4949-9ae5-4210-abd9-ff2b98b00a22"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=176"
source_hash: "e80d5f06b854057603f2f5f22765e17ed2b9e32008936022f651b3598364e5ce"
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 176 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions and for application.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0139** (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=0176&pn=0139)
2. **Printer's No. 1818** (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=0176&pn=1818)
3. **Printer's No. 2222** (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=0176&pn=2222)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 176 PN 1818, A2883, BROOKS AMENDMENT NO. A-2883 — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 176 PN 2222, CONCUR — **191–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pickett — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0139 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1818 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2222 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+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/72dc4949-9ae5-4210-abd9-ff2b98b00a22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).