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Bill	An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for definitions, for imposition of tax, for exclusions from tax, for licenses, for persons required to make returns, for tax held in trust for the Commonwealth, for assessment, for collection of tax and for crimes and providing for class actions; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, providing for contributions for Veterans' Trust Fund, further providing for returns of married individuals, deceased or disabled individuals and fiduciaries and providing for paid tax return preparers and required information on personal income tax returns; in corporate net income tax, further providing for manufacturing innovation and reinvestment deduction; in realty transfer tax, further providing for definitions and for excluded transactions and providing for transfer of tax; in entertainment production tax credit, further providing for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for limitations, for film production tax credit districts, for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of tax credit and for limitations; in resource enhancement and protection tax credit, further providing for definitions, for Resource Enhancement and Protection Tax Credit Program, for tax credits, for project certification and for annual tax credits; in historic preservation incentive tax credit, further providing for definitions and for tax credit certificates, establishing the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Administration Account, further providing for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for pass-through entity, providing for annual report to General Assembly, further providing for application of Internal Revenue Code and for limitation and providing for recapture; in coal refuse energy and reclamation tax credit, further providing for definitions, for application and approval of tax credit and for limitation on tax credits; in tax credit for new jobs, further providing for application process; in city revitalization and improvement zones, further providing for definitions and for restrictions; in manufacturing and investment tax credit, further providing for definitions, for rural growth funds, for requirements, for rural growth fund failure to comply, for reporting obligations, for business firms, for tax credit certificates, for claiming the tax credit, for prohibitions, for revocation of tax credit certificates and for exit; in neighborhood assistance tax credit, further providing for definitions, for public policy and for tax credit; in keystone opportunity zones, keystone opportunity expansion zones and keystone opportunity improvement zones, providing for additional designations; in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits; in inheritance tax, further providing for inheritance tax; in table game taxes, reenacting provisions relating to table game taxes and further providing for expiration; in strategic development areas, further providing for sales and use tax and for local sales and use tax; in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for limitations; providing for independent public schools; and making a related repeal.	An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for definitions, for imposition of tax, for exclusions from tax, for licenses, for persons required to make returns, for tax held in trust for the Commonwealth, for assessment, for collection of tax and for crimes and providing for class actions; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, providing for contributions for Veterans' Trust Fund, further providing for returns of married individuals, deceased or disabled individuals and fiduciaries and providing for paid tax return preparers and required information on personal income tax returns; in corporate net income tax, further providing for manufacturing innovation and reinvestment deduction; in realty transfer tax, further providing for definitions and for excluded transactions and providing for transfer of tax; in entertainment production tax credit, further providing for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for limitations, for film production tax credit districts, for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of tax credit and for limitations; in resource enhancement and protection tax credit, further providing for definitions, for Resource Enhancement and Protection Tax Credit Program, for tax credits, for project certification and for annual tax credits; in historic preservation incentive tax credit, further providing for definitions and for tax credit certificates, establishing the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Administration Account, further providing for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for pass-through entity, providing for annual report to General Assembly, further providing for application of Internal Revenue Code and for limitation and providing for recapture; in coal refuse energy and reclamation tax credit, further providing for definitions, for application and approval of tax credit and for limitation on tax credits; in tax credit for new jobs, further providing for application process; in city revitalization and improvement zones, further providing for definitions and for restrictions; in manufacturing and investment tax credit, further providing for definitions, for rural growth funds, for requirements, for rural growth fund failure to comply, for reporting obligations, for business firms, for tax credit certificates, for claiming the tax credit, for prohibitions, for revocation of tax credit certificates and for exit; in neighborhood assistance tax credit, further providing for definitions, for public policy and for tax credit; in keystone opportunity zones, keystone opportunity expansion zones and keystone opportunity improvement zones, providing for additional designations; in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits; in inheritance tax, further providing for inheritance tax; in table game taxes, reenacting provisions relating to table game taxes and further providing for expiration; in strategic development areas, further providing for sales and use tax and for local sales and use tax; in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for limitations; providing for independent public schools; and making a related repeal.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 262	Pennsylvania HB 262 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Metzgar	3	23	5	2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00	2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6a523ca9-f8d5-4d17-8bc3-21203f95833e	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=262	2068a93d8f9bb39cba2e398adb02d38bbda8c114f9114101a5a76f5939f43938	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 262 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for definitions, for imposition of tax, for exclusions from tax, for licenses, for persons required to make returns, for tax held in trust for the Commonwealth, for assessment, for collection of tax and for crimes and providing for class actions; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, providing for contributions for Veterans' Trust Fund, further providing for returns of married individuals, deceased or disabled individuals and fiduciaries and providing for paid tax return preparers and required information on personal income tax returns; in corporate net income tax, further providing for manufacturing innovation and reinvestment deduction; in realty transfer tax, further providing for definitions and for excluded transactions and providing for transfer of tax; in entertainment production tax credit, further providing for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for limitations, for film production tax credit districts, for definitions, for carryover, carryback and assignment of tax credit and for limitations; in resource enhancement and protection tax credit, further providing for definitions, for Resource Enhancement and Protection Tax Credit Program, for tax credits, for project certification and for annual tax credits; in historic preservation incentive tax credit, further providing for definitions and for tax credit certificates, establishing the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Administration Account, further providing for carryover, carryback and assignment of credit, for pass-through entity, providing for annual report to General Assembly, further providing for application of Internal Revenue Code and for limitation and providing for recapture; in coal refuse energy and reclamation tax credit, further providing for definitions, for application and approval of tax credit and for limitation on tax credits; in tax credit for new jobs, further providing for application process; in city revitalization and improvement zones, further providing for definitions and for restrictions; in manufacturing and investment tax credit, further providing for definitions, for rural growth funds, for requirements, for rural growth fund failure to comply, for reporting obligations, for business firms, for tax credit certificates, for claiming the tax credit, for prohibitions, for revocation of tax credit certificates and for exit; in neighborhood assistance tax credit, further providing for definitions, for public policy and for tax credit; in keystone opportunity zones, keystone opportunity expansion zones and keystone opportunity improvement zones, providing for additional designations; in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits; in inheritance tax, further providing for inheritance tax; in table game taxes, reenacting provisions relating to table game taxes and further providing for expiration; in strategic development areas, further providing for sales and use tax and for local sales and use tax; in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for limitations; providing for independent public schools; and making a related repeal.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0233 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2266 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A02596 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Amended — 23–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 44–6 (pass) · upper
• HB 262 PN 2266, CONCUR — 194–3 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 180–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Metzgar — primary (person)
• Barrar — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Greiner — cosponsor (person)
• Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
• Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Mehaffie — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rader — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• T. Davis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0233 Referred to FINANCE referral-committee
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to FINANCE referral-committee
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2266 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a523ca9-f8d5-4d17-8bc3-21203f95833e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).