---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemption incentives for certain deteriorated industrial, commercial, business and residential property and for new construction in deteriorated areas of communities; providing for an exemption schedule; and establishing standards and qualifications."
description: "An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemption incentives for certain deteriorated industrial, commercial, business and residential property and for new construction in deteriorated areas of communities; providing for an exemption schedule; and establishing standards and qualifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 352"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 352 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Ward"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349b6e8b-f0c2-4b25-9b12-652274760e98"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=352"
source_hash: "6564e1ca5d0659db0720a0b0db3b8615e5ef2000a4f8ef2b3ebfd7688aeddd44"
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 352 (2019-2020) — An Act authorizing local taxing authorities to provide for tax exemption incentives for certain deteriorated industrial, commercial, business and residential property and for new construction in deteriorated areas of communities; providing for an exemption schedule; and establishing standards and qualifications.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A04673** (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=0352&pn=1192&aYear=2019&an=04673)
2. **Printer's No. 0342** (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=0352&pn=0342)
3. **Printer's No. 1021** (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=0352&pn=1021)
4. **Printer's No. 1192** (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=0352&pn=1192)
5. **Printer's No. 1607** (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=0352&pn=1607)
6. **Senate Amendment A02002** (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=0352&pn=0342&aYear=2019&an=02002)
7. **Senate Amendment A02753** (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=0352&pn=1021&aYear=2019&an=02753)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 352 PN 1192, 2019 A4673, SCHMITT — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Ward — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0342 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1021 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1192 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1607 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+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/349b6e8b-f0c2-4b25-9b12-652274760e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).