---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 72 (Taxation and Fiscal Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing microenterprise loan programs and abating real property assessment."
description: "An Act amending Title 72 (Taxation and Fiscal Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing microenterprise loan programs and abating real property assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 827"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 827 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71332973-e420-4ad3-a83e-fc16540eb52d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=827"
source_hash: "1387a67ee36a0214eb4c2b2c85a53a57f1534afa9acd62b01204042cbf9e4d99"
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 827 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 72 (Taxation and Fiscal Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, establishing microenterprise loan programs and abating real property assessment.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0809** (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=0827&pn=0809)
2. **Printer's No. 1901** (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=0827&pn=1901)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 827 PN 1901, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 827 PN 1901, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- C. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pisciottano — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0809 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1901 Amended on third consideration
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 37 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71332973-e420-4ad3-a83e-fc16540eb52d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).