---
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 corporate net income tax, further defining taxable income."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in corporate net income tax, further defining taxable income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1056"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1056 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eaef272-39ce-4f0a-9da0-ff65b10d19c7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1056"
source_hash: "37e74ea3407c04d48f0ef548ecac12382b6c3248e8ee0f74fd839de8d0a13139"
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 SB 1056 (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 corporate net income tax, further defining taxable income.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1056&pn=1509)
2. **Printer's No. 1657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1056&pn=1657)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Amended — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 1056 PN 1657, FINAL PASSAGE-RECONSIDERED — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mcilhinney — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1509 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1657 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on final passage reconsidered
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Final passage `passage`
- **2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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 Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **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/7eaef272-39ce-4f0a-9da0-ff65b10d19c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).