---
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 gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 994"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 994 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83dc7a4f-257e-45ab-bc48-f961e764392f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=994"
source_hash: "126e7cae50e21e1005e9f6b3fbf0a30368848fcde21ffd659951b6a8d3fbac8b"
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 994 (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 gross receipts tax, further providing for imposition of tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1155** (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=0994&pn=1155)
2. **Printer's No. 2909** (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=0994&pn=2909)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1155 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2909 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+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/83dc7a4f-257e-45ab-bc48-f961e764392f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).