---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the Local Tax Collection Law, providing for payment of taxes; and further providing for notices of taxes."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the Local Tax Collection Law, providing for payment of taxes; and further providing for notices of taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 16 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mackenzie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1770f05c-d4e4-4bc2-b117-c13be8855fbc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=16"
source_hash: "f5a25092be8a145af90160946f71b6399f9e1408045efba1bea83fea57fdbbf7"
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 16 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), known as the Local Tax Collection Law, providing for payment of taxes; and further providing for notices of taxes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 0349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0016&pn=0349)
2. **Printer's No. 1056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0016&pn=1056)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mackenzie — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Bloom — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hahn — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Topper — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0349 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1056 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-30T04:00:00+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/1770f05c-d4e4-4bc2-b117-c13be8855fbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).