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.
This bill amends Pennsylvania's Tax Reform Code to clarify and strengthen tax exemptions for charitable, religious, volunteer fire, and nonprofit educational organizations. It requires these groups to use tax-exempt purchases only for their qualified purposes, excluding unrelated business activities and major construction projects from the exemption. The legislation also establishes a process for the Department of Revenue to issue conditional tax-exempt status to new organizations and allows for the revocation of exemptions if an organization no longer meets public charity requirements.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 20, 2026
Last action Jun 18, 2026
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Printer's No. PN3036
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Printer's No. PN3202
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MINOR
The bill was updated to reflect its status as an amended version reported from the Finance Committee, adding new co-sponsors. The most significant policy change is the effective date, which was modified to take effect on January 1, 2027, or 90 days later, whichever occurs later, providing a longer transition period than the original version.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding eligible organizations remains unchanged, but the timeline for implementation has been extended.
TIMELINE
The effective date was changed from a standard 60-day period to January 1, 2027, or 90 days later, whichever is later.
TECHNICAL
New co-sponsors (Pashinski, Sanchez, and D. Williams) were added to the list of bill sponsors.
The document header was updated to indicate the bill is now 'As Reported from Committee on Finance, House of Representatives, As Amended'.
Floor votes · House Jun 9, 2026
How they voted
201–0
Passed
Total votes 201
Jun 9, 2026
D
Democratic102
100% Yea
R
Republican99
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jun 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Finance
upper
Jun 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 8, 2026
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Apr 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported as amended
lower
Mar 20, 2026
Committee
Referred to Finance
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Waxman
DDemocratic
Co
Andre Carroll
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Sanchez
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Kazeem
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Williams
DDemocratic
Co
Danilo Burgos
DDemocratic
Co
Eddie Pashinski
DDemocratic
Co
John Inglis
DDemocratic
Co
Melissa Shusterman
DDemocratic
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