---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1836 (P.L.551, No.169), referred to as the General Road Law, further providing for repair of private roads and providing for definitions."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1836 (P.L.551, No.169), referred to as the General Road Law, further providing for repair of private roads and providing for definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 523 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Day"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-10-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6443c460-149f-4885-8302-c221aa080326"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=523"
source_hash: "52b85e4910b099bb1e91f65551df4f9008e958090c5727157c12ee70607b56ef"
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 523 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1836 (P.L.551, No.169), referred to as the General Road Law, further providing for repair of private roads and providing for definitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0523&pn=0549)
2. **Printer's No. 1021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0523&pn=1021)
3. **Printer's No. 1822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0523&pn=1822)

## Votes

- HB 523 PN 1822, CONCUR — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 523 PN 1822, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): A01685 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Day — primary (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Polinchock — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0549 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1021 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1822 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 75 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6443c460-149f-4885-8302-c221aa080326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).