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 exclusions from tax; in personal income tax, further providing for classes of income, for withholding tax requirement for nonemployer payors, for information statement for nonemployer payors and for information statement for payees, providing for electronic payment, further providing for requirements concerning returns, notices, records and statements and for additions, penalties and fees; in corporate net income tax, further providing for definitions; in bank and trust company shares tax, further providing for definitions; in realty transfer tax, correcting a scrivener's error relating to credits against tax; in tax credit eligibility, further providing for definitions and for eligibility and providing for application and administration, for assessment, for administering agency training, for broker registration, for tax credit and tax benefit reports, for allocation of tax credits or tax benefits awarded upon appeal and for guidelines; in research and development tax credit, further providing for credit for research and development expenses, for carryover, carryback, refund and assignment of credit and for report to General Assembly; in entertainment production tax credit, further providing for definitions, for credit for qualified film production expenses, for reissuance of film production tax credits, for definitions and for limitations and providing for Pennsylvania live events industry COVID-19 emergency assistance; further providing for application and approval of tax credit; in keystone opportunity zones, keystone opportunity expansion zones and keystone opportunity improvement zones, providing for extension for keystone opportunity expansion zone and further providing for additional keystone opportunity expansion zones; in mixed-use development tax credit, further providing for mixed-use development tax credits; in keystone innovations zones, further providing for keystone innovation zone tax credits and for annual report; in Pennsylvania Housing Tax Credit, further providing for Pennsylvania Housing Tax Credit and for annual report; in table game taxes, repealing provisions relating to expiration; in procedure and administration, further providing for petition for reassessment, for petition procedure and for review by board; in computer data center equipment incentive program, further providing for definitions and providing for applicability and for sales and use tax exemption program; in general provisions, further providing for bad checks, electronic funds transfers not credited upon transmission, additions to tax; imposing duties on the Department of Revenue; and making editorial changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 17, 2021
Signed Jun 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 25, 2021 · House Jun 8, 2021
How they voted
44–4
Passed
Total votes 48
Jun 25, 2021
D
Democratic21
80% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Jun 30, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Jun 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Jun 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Jun 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Jun 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
PN 1934 Re-reported as amended
upper
Jun 15, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Jun 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Jun 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to FINANCE
upper
Jun 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
May 5, 2021
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
PN 1310 Reported as amended
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
PN 0965 Referred to FINANCE
lower
1 primary · 27 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donna Oberlander
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Bernstine
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Kaufer
RRepublican
Co
Chris Sainato
DDemocratic
Co
Craig Williams
RRepublican
Co
Dan Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Daryl D. Metcalfe
RRepublican
Co
David R. Millard
RRepublican
Co
Ed Neilson
DDemocratic
Co
Frank Farry
RRepublican
Co
Jeff C. Wheeland
RRepublican
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