---
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 sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in general provisions, further providing for administrative bank attachment for accounts of obligors to the Commonwealth and providing for collection of assessed taxes and for criminal tax prosecutions."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in general provisions, further providing for administrative bank attachment for accounts of obligors to the Commonwealth and providing for collection of assessed taxes and for criminal tax prosecutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 17 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c1b8200-c84d-47ff-94d7-71cb9a530f2e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=17"
source_hash: "ddb9bd08bfd451fe3bb8cb02a543adfde8c94952ca31085f798472f346031dc2"
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 17 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax; in general provisions, further providing for administrative bank attachment for accounts of obligors to the Commonwealth and providing for collection of assessed taxes and for criminal tax prosecutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0017&pn=0037&aYear=2019&an=01392)
2. **Printer's No. 0037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0017&pn=0037)
3. **Printer's No. 1851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0017&pn=1851)
4. **Printer's No. 2900** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0017&pn=2900)
5. **Senate Amendment A03921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0017&pn=1851&aYear=2019&an=03921)

## Votes

- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **155–31** (pass) · lower
- HB 17 PN 2900, CONCUR — **178–9** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- F. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0037 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1851 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2900 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/7c1b8200-c84d-47ff-94d7-71cb9a530f2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).