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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, providing for beginning farmer tax credit."
+description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, providing for beginning farmer tax credit."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 478"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 478 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bb53ed4-ff50-413c-b2d1-fd95694669b6"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=478"
+source_hash: "9d99316b8cc0c21a3398e5e56d468674f32584865fd67058a8b0b451ff46a4ea"
+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 SB 478 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, providing for beginning farmer tax credit.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A01709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0478&pn=0690&aYear=2019&an=01709)
+2. **House Amendment A02407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0478&pn=0942&aYear=2019&an=02407)
+3. **Printer's No. 0497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=0497)
+4. **Printer's No. 0690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=0690)
+5. **Printer's No. 0942** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=0942)
+6. **Printer's No. 1067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=1067)
+7. **Senate Amendment A00963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0478&pn=0497&aYear=2019&an=00963)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Amended — **10–1** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- Aument — cosponsor (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Killion — cosponsor (person)
+- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
+- Regan — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0497 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0690 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0942 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1067 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/0bb53ed4-ff50-413c-b2d1-fd95694669b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+