---
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 personal income tax, further providing for declarations of estimated tax; in realty transfer tax, further providing for transfer 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 personal income tax, further providing for declarations of estimated tax; in realty transfer tax, further providing for transfer of tax;"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1059 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickernell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5259b3b1-6039-47f4-b03f-bfcf498b1f85"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1059"
source_hash: "70072b1bbdc9d712b641e0036a123dac7a7bc4fe36fc2c340b0b28d4d1c8b17c"
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 1059 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in personal income tax, further providing for declarations of estimated tax; in realty transfer tax, further providing for transfer of tax;

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1093** (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=1059&pn=1093)
2. **Printer's No. 1630** (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=1059&pn=1630)
3. **Printer's No. 2658** (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=1059&pn=2658)
4. **Printer's No. 3497** (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=1059&pn=3497)
5. **Printer's No. 3613** (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=1059&pn=3613)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Adopt Amendment A05857 — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- HB 1059 PN 3613, 2021 A5877, Motion to Table MUTH Amendment No. A-5877 — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- HB 1059 PN 3613, 2021 A5878, Motion to Table MUTH Amendment No. A-5878 — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- HB 1059 PN 3613, 2021 A5879, Motion to Table MUTH Amendment No. A-5879 — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- HB 1059 PN 3613, 2021 A5880, Motion to Table MUTH Amendment No. A-5880 — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- HB 1059 PN 3613, Final Passage — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1059 PN 1630, 2021 A2855 — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1059 PN 3613, MOTION TO TABLE — **76–122** (fail) · lower
- HB 1059 PN 3613, CONCURRENCE — **139–59** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (FINANCE): Adopt Amendment A05518 — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickernell — primary (person)
- Armanini — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1093 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1630 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2658 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3497 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3613 Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 108 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5259b3b1-6039-47f4-b03f-bfcf498b1f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).