---
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, providing for beginning farmer tax credit."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, providing for beginning farmer tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 478 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bb53ed4-ff50-413c-b2d1-fd95694669b6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=478"
source_hash: "9d99316b8cc0c21a3398e5e56d468674f32584865fd67058a8b0b451ff46a4ea"
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 478 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, providing for beginning farmer tax credit.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0478&pn=0690&aYear=2019&an=01709)
2. **House Amendment A02407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0478&pn=0942&aYear=2019&an=02407)
3. **Printer's No. 0497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=0497)
4. **Printer's No. 0690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=0690)
5. **Printer's No. 0942** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=0942)
6. **Printer's No. 1067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0478&pn=1067)
7. **Senate Amendment A00963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0478&pn=0497&aYear=2019&an=00963)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Amended — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vogel — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0497 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0690 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0942 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1067 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/0bb53ed4-ff50-413c-b2d1-fd95694669b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).