---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemptions for improvements to deteriorated areas and dwellings to incentivize the creation and improvement of affordable housing units."
description: "An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemptions for improvements to deteriorated areas and dwellings to incentivize the creation and improvement of affordable housing units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 581 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8390be15-8519-4541-8e8d-0a2a4e5bcc45"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=581"
source_hash: "c70f961719516ea8b08028510eea5badc23b47601e64db5edb11893bda565cd7"
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 581 (2021-2022) — An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemptions for improvements to deteriorated areas and dwellings to incentivize the creation and improvement of affordable housing units.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0581&pn=0544)
2. **Printer's No. 1004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0581&pn=1004)
3. **Printer's No. 2900** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0581&pn=2900)

## Votes

- HB 581 PN 2900, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Adopt Amendment A03763 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 581 PN 2900, CONCUR — **172–28** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **183–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)
- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- D. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgerald — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Herrin — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Innamorato — cosponsor (person)
- Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenyatta — cosponsor (person)
- Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kirkland — cosponsor (person)
- Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Rigby — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0544 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1004 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2900 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 58 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8390be15-8519-4541-8e8d-0a2a4e5bcc45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).