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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1556"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1556 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Klunk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-07-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a82cc015-fdc1-4070-83b4-1c4f02d95f87"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=36&rollcallid=892&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2d8c96d9e7fd7c512094b797f053ac4de68adb96fc9ebc72b453bc7694c962f4"
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 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](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02542)
2. **Printer's No. PN1817** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1556/PN1817)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a82cc015-fdc1-4070-83b4-1c4f02d95f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).