republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-866.md

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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of December 31, 1965 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as The Local Tax Enabling Act, in local taxes, further providing for definitions, for payroll tax, for payment of tax to other political subdivisions or states as credit or deduction and withholding tax, for limitation on assessment and for tax limitations; in consolidated collection of local income taxes, further providing for definitions, for declaration and payment of income taxes, for tax collection committees, for powers and duties of Department of Community and Economic Development, for powers and duties of tax officer and for withholding and remittance; and, in collection of delinquent taxes, further providing for penalties and for costs of collection of delinquent per capita, occupation, occupational privilege, emergency and municipal services, local services and income taxes."
description: "An Act amending the act of December 31, 1965 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as The Local Tax Enabling Act, in local taxes, further providing for definitions, for payroll tax, for payment of tax to other political subdivisions or states as credit or deduction and withholding tax, for limitation on assessment and for tax limitations; in consolidated collection of local income taxes, further providing for definitions, for declaration and payment of income taxes, for tax collection committees, for powers and duties of Department of Community and Economic Development, for powers and duties of tax officer and for withholding and remittance; and, in collection of delinquent taxes, further providing for penalties and for costs of collection of delinquent per capita, occupation, occupational privilege, emergency and municipal services, local services and income taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 866"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 866 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunbar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7253fd2-ad8e-4f10-a8b8-aa24c997330d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=866"
source_hash: "dd676c1c292e8724a6f7d1ca2811ef35b5e0260fb0526d0621d6cd4f6e7cf01e"
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 866 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of December 31, 1965 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as The Local Tax Enabling Act, in local taxes, further providing for definitions, for payroll tax, for payment of tax to other political subdivisions or states as credit or deduction and withholding tax, for limitation on assessment and for tax limitations; in consolidated collection of local income taxes, further providing for definitions, for declaration and payment of income taxes, for tax collection committees, for powers and duties of Department of Community and Economic Development, for powers and duties of tax officer and for withholding and remittance; and, in collection of delinquent taxes, further providing for penalties and for costs of collection of delinquent per capita, occupation, occupational privilege, emergency and municipal services, local services and income taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0972** (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=0866&pn=0972)

## Votes

- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **189–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunbar — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- B. O'Neill — cosponsor (person)
- English — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Peifer — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0972 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04T04:00:00+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/c7253fd2-ad8e-4f10-a8b8-aa24c997330d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).