---
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 realty transfer tax, further providing for excluded transactions; and, in neighborhood assistance tax credit, further providing for tax credit and for grant of tax credit and providing for reporting."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in realty transfer tax, further providing for excluded transactions; and, in neighborhood assistance tax credit, further providing for tax credit and for grant of tax credit and providing for reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 645"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 645 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. O'Neill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9c7c353-108f-4e41-ba63-9008e7dc22f5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=645"
source_hash: "22d93d60bee76b6b707eafc814d445e36ca1a54206107a68761f0a35225f6e1e"
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 645 (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 realty transfer tax, further providing for excluded transactions; and, in neighborhood assistance tax credit, further providing for tax credit and for grant of tax credit and providing for reporting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0688** (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=0645&pn=0688)
2. **Printer's No. 1695** (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=0645&pn=1695)
3. **Printer's No. 4148** (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=0645&pn=4148)
4. **Printer's No. 4278** (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=0645&pn=4278)

## Votes

- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 645 PN 1695, 2017 A1209, SCHWEYER — **76–113** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–7** (pass) · lower
- HB 645 PN 4278, CONCUR — **175–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. O'Neill — primary (person)
- Corr — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Gainey — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Matzie — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Mustio — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
- P. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0688 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1695 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4148 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4278 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/b9c7c353-108f-4e41-ba63-9008e7dc22f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).