Became law as Act 13 of 2019, signed June 28, 2019, 150 days after it was filed.
2019–2020 Regular Session
House Bill 262
An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for definitions, for imposition of tax, for exclusions from tax, for licenses, for persons required to make returns, for tax held in trust for the Commonwealth, for assessment, for collection of tax and for crimes and providing for class actions; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, providing for contributions for Veterans' Trust Fund, further providing for returns of married individuals, deceased or disabled individuals and fiduciaries and providing for paid tax return preparers and required information on personal income tax returns; in corporate net income tax, further providing for manufacturing innovation and reinvestment deduction; in realty transfer tax, further providing for definitions and for excluded transactions and providing for transfer of tax; in entertainment production tax credit, further providing for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for limitations, for film production tax credit districts, for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of tax credit and for limitations; in resource enhancement and protection tax credit, further providing for definitions, for Resource Enhancement and Protection Tax Credit Program, for tax credits, for project certification and for annual tax credits; in historic preservation incentive tax credit, further providing for definitions and for tax credit certificates, establishing the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Administration Account, further providing for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for pass-through entity, providing for annual report to General Assembly, further providing for application of Internal Revenue Code and for limitation and providing for recapture; in coal refuse energy and reclamation tax credit, further providing for definitions, for application and approval of tax credit and for limitation on tax credits; in tax credit for new jobs, further providing for application process; in city revitalization and improvement zones, further providing for definitions and for restrictions; in manufacturing and investment tax credit, further providing for definitions, for rural growth funds, for requirements, for rural growth fund failure to comply, for reporting obligations, for business firms, for tax credit certificates, for claiming the tax credit, for prohibitions, for revocation of tax credit certificates and for exit; in neighborhood assistance tax credit, further providing for definitions, for public policy and for tax credit; in keystone opportunity zones, keystone opportunity expansion zones and keystone opportunity improvement zones, providing for additional designations; in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits; in inheritance tax, further providing for inheritance tax; in table game taxes, reenacting provisions relating to table game taxes and further providing for expiration; in strategic development areas, further providing for sales and use tax and for local sales and use tax; in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for limitations; providing for independent public schools; and making a related repeal.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
17 co-sponsors
GEORGE DUNBAR, Jack Rader Jr., TINA M. DAVIS, Keith J. Greiner, HARRY A. READSHAW III, Jeanne McNeill, JAMES A. COX JR., RYAN E. MACKENZIE, DAVID R. MILLARD, Carol Hill-Evans, STEPHEN E. BARRAR, TINA PICKETT, JOHN A. LAWRENCE, MATTHEW M. GABLER, DAVID S. HICKERNELL, Thomas L. Mehaffie III, Eric R. Nelson
Its course
January 29 to June 28, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action27 actions on 11 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 29 to Apr 1576 days
FinanceJan 29 to Mar 2757 days
AppropriationsApr 9 to Apr 156 days
In the SenateApr 15 to Jun 2773 days
FinanceApr 22 to Jun 1857 days
AppropriationsJun 26 to Jun 260 days
Back in the House of RepresentativesJun 27 to Jun 281 day
Waiting to be sentJun 28 to Jun 280 days
With the GovernorJun 28 to Jun 280 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
House of Representatives, third reading180–18
Passed · Apr 15
Senate, third reading44–6
Passed · Jun 27
House of Representatives, concurrence194–3
Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jun 28
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 26
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 29 – Apr 15
- Jan 29Sent to FINANCE
- Mar 27FINANCE recommended it
- Apr 9Read a second time
- Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
- Apr 15APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
- Passed the House of Representatives, 180 to 18
In the Senate Apr 22 – Jun 27
- Apr 22Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to FINANCE
- Jun 18FINANCE recommended it
- Jun 19Read a second time
- Jun 26Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
- APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
- Jun 27Passed the Senate, 44 to 6
Back in the House of Representatives Jun 27 – Jun 28
- Jun 27Returned to the House of Representatives
- Sent to RULES
- Jun 28The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes, 194 to 3
- Signed in the House of Representatives
To the Governor Jun 28
- Jun 28Signed in the Senate
- Sent to the Governor
- Signed by the Governor
- Became Act 13 of 2019
All 27 actions, as published
- Jan 29Referred to FINANCE, Jan. 29, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Mar 27Reported as committed, March 27, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Mar 27First consideration, March 27, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Mar 27Laid on the table, March 27, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Apr 8Removed from table, April 8, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Apr 9Second consideration, April 9, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Apr 9Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 9, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Apr 15Re-reported as committed, April 15, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Apr 15Third consideration and final passage, April 15, 2019 (180-18) [House]House of Representatives
- Apr 22In the Senate [Senate]Senate
- Apr 22Referred to FINANCE, April 22, 2019 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 18Reported as committed, June 18, 2019 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 18First consideration, June 18, 2019 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 19Second consideration, June 19, 2019 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 26Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 26, 2019 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 26Re-reported as amended, June 26, 2019 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 27Third consideration and final passage, June 27, 2019 (44-6) [Senate]Senate
- Jun 27In the House [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 27Referred to RULES, June 27, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 27Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, June 27, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 28House concurred in Senate amendments, June 28, 2019 (194-3) [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 28(Remarks see House Journal Page 1434), June 28, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 28Signed in House, June 28, 2019 [House]House of Representatives
- Jun 28Signed in Senate, June 28, 2019 [Senate]Senate
- Jun 28Presented to the Governor, June 28, 2019Governor
- Jun 28Approved by the Governor, June 28, 2019Governor
- Jun 28Act No. 13Governor