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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemptions for improvements to deteriorated areas and dwellings to incentivize the creation and improvement of affordable housing units."
+description: "An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemptions for improvements to deteriorated areas and dwellings to incentivize the creation and improvement of affordable housing units."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 581"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 581 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8390be15-8519-4541-8e8d-0a2a4e5bcc45"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=581"
+source_hash: "c70f961719516ea8b08028510eea5badc23b47601e64db5edb11893bda565cd7"
+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 581 (2021-2022) — An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemptions for improvements to deteriorated areas and dwellings to incentivize the creation and improvement of affordable housing units.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0581&pn=0544)
+2. **Printer's No. 1004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0581&pn=1004)
+3. **Printer's No. 2900** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0581&pn=2900)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 581 PN 2900, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Adopt Amendment A03763 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 581 PN 2900, CONCUR — **172–28** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **183–18** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgerald — cosponsor (person)
+- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrin — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Innamorato — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
+- Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
+- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirkland — cosponsor (person)
+- Malagari — cosponsor (person)
+- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
+- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
+- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Webster — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0544 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1004 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2900 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2022-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 58 of 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8390be15-8519-4541-8e8d-0a2a4e5bcc45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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