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2023–2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 654

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 exclusions from tax; in personal income tax, further providing for definitions and for classes of income and providing for transfer to Clean Streams Fund; in corporate net income tax, further providing for definitions and providing for determination of net loss deduction; in bank and trust company shares tax, further providing for ascertainment of taxable amount and exclusion of United States obligations; in realty transfer tax, further providing for transfer of tax; in Historic Preservation Incentive Tax Credit, further providing for tax credit certificates; in Coal Refuse Energy and Reclamation Tax Credit, further providing for application and approval of tax credit and for limitation on tax credits; in city revitalization and improvement zones, further providing for definitions, for establishment or designation of contracting authority, for approval, for reports, for transfers, for restrictions, for transfer of property and for review; in Manufacturing and Investment Tax Credit, further providing for definitions, for rural growth funds, for claiming the tax credit and for revocation of tax credit certificates; in Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit, further providing for tax credit and for grant of tax credit; providing for 529 savings account employer matching contribution tax credit and for employer child care contribution tax credit; in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, further providing for definitions and for sales and use tax exemption; providing for tuition account programs; and making an editorial change.

Became law as Act 56 of 2024, signed July 11, 2024, 436 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

May 2, 2023 to July 11, 2024, 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 action40 actions on 12 days

In the SenateMay 2 to Sep 19140 days

FinanceMay 2 to Jun 736 days

AppropriationsJun 19 to Sep 1992 days

In the House of RepresentativesSep 19 to Mar 20183 days

FinanceSep 21 to Dec 1282 days

AppropriationsDec 13 to Mar 1896 days

AppropriationsMar 19 to Mar 190 days

Back in the SenateMar 20 to Jul 11113 days

Waiting to be sentJul 11 to Jul 110 days

With the GovernorJul 11 to Jul 110 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • Senate, third reading44–2

    Passed · Sep 19

  • House of Representatives, third reading102–99

    Mar 18, 2024

  • House of Representatives, third reading106–95

    Passed · Mar 20, 2024

  • Senate, concurrence43–6

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jul 11, 2024

  • House of Representatives, concurrence129–73

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Jul 11, 2024

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jul 11, 2024

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Dec 13

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 18, 2024

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 19, 2024

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate May 2 – Sep 19

  1. Sent to FINANCE
  2. FINANCE recommended it
  3. Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the Senate, 44 to 2

In the House of Representatives Sep 21 – Mar 20, 2024

  1. Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to FINANCE
  3. FINANCE recommended it
  4. Amended and read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
  7. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  8. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
  9. Passed the House of Representatives, 106 to 95

Back in the Senate Apr 8, 2024 – Jul 11, 2024

  1. Returned to the Senate
  2. Sent to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
  3. The Senate agreed to the other chamber's changes, 43 to 6
  4. Arrived in the House of Representatives
  5. Sent to RULES
  6. The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes, 129 to 73
  7. Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Jul 11, 2024

  1. Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Became Act 56 of 2024
All 40 actions, as published