republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-566.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of February 17, 1994 (P.L.73, No.7), known as the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act, further providing for application of act, for owner's payment obligations, for owner's withholding of payment for good faith claims, for contractor's and subcontractor's payment obligations, for errors in documentation, for retainage, for contractor's withholding of payment for good faith claims and for penalty and attorney fee."
description: "An Act amending the act of February 17, 1994 (P.L.73, No.7), known as the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act, further providing for application of act, for owner's payment obligations, for owner's withholding of payment for good faith claims, for contractor's and subcontractor's payment obligations, for errors in documentation, for retainage, for contractor's withholding of payment for good faith claims and for penalty and attorney fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 566"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 566 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santora"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6975c1bd-3717-4fd6-8b86-e01a4888dc74"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=566"
source_hash: "a80c87c7d4ae8d6954eb0833a5d525540b00348ec11f874b2f79f5ba6cd7b624"
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 566 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of February 17, 1994 (P.L.73, No.7), known as the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act, further providing for application of act, for owner's payment obligations, for owner's withholding of payment for good faith claims, for contractor's and subcontractor's payment obligations, for errors in documentation, for retainage, for contractor's withholding of payment for good faith claims and for penalty and attorney fee.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0591** (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=0566&pn=0591)
2. **Printer's No. 1928** (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=0566&pn=1928)
3. **Printer's No. 3544** (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=0566&pn=3544)

## Votes

- HB 566 PN 3544, CONCUR — **175–16** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (LABOR AND INDUSTRY): Reported as Committed — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- HB 566 PN 3544, MOT POSTPONE, TOBASH — **10–181** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **168–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santora — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Galloway — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Petrarca — cosponsor (person)
- Petri — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0591 Referred to COMMERCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1928 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3544 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+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/6975c1bd-3717-4fd6-8b86-e01a4888dc74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).