---
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, in personal income tax, providing for contributions for pediatric cancer research."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, providing for contributions for pediatric cancer research."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 46 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caltagirone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a134d13c-be3d-4e75-9370-0b00492f1827"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=46"
source_hash: "00446aa12ed6bfb430cdf1c6f532938c57bc83ae40243bee29a0a8b2b9d6b96e"
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 46 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, providing for contributions for pediatric cancer research.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0374** (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=0046&pn=0374)
2. **Printer's No. 1033** (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=0046&pn=1033)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caltagirone — primary (person)
- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Corr — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davidson — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Dermody — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0374 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1033 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21T04:00:00+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 FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-26T04:00:00+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/a134d13c-be3d-4e75-9370-0b00492f1827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).