republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-1556.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	HB 1556	Pennsylvania HB 1556 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Kate Klunk	2	21	7	2023-07-05T04:00:00+00:00	2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a82cc015-fdc1-4070-83b4-1c4f02d95f87	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=36&rollcallid=892&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	2d8c96d9e7fd7c512094b797f053ac4de68adb96fc9ebc72b453bc7694c962f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Printer's No. PN1817 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/a82cc015-fdc1-4070-83b4-1c4f02d95f87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).