republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1511.md

---
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 hotel occupancy tax, further providing for definitions and for imposition of tax and establishing the Tourism Promotion Fund."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in hotel occupancy tax, further providing for definitions and for imposition of tax and establishing the Tourism Promotion Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1511 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Quinn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d958250-75b0-4702-80b0-518ae4379a98"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1511"
source_hash: "085db790f54955b70bd6e1f6d9e71075bda7f9f9b2312da65e1d12be67ea71b1"
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 1511 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in hotel occupancy tax, further providing for definitions and for imposition of tax and establishing the Tourism Promotion Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1511&pn=1936)
2. **Printer's No. 3807** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1511&pn=3807)
3. **Printer's No. 4149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1511&pn=4149)
4. **Printer's No. 4253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1511&pn=4253)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- HB 1511 PN 4253, CONCUR — **137–44** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **158–26** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT): Reported as Amended — **14–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Quinn — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Corr — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1936 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3807 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4149 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4253 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/2d958250-75b0-4702-80b0-518ae4379a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).