HB 359 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending the act of July 11, 1990 (P.L.465, No.113), known as the Tax Increment Financing Act, further providing for definitions, for powers of authorities, for creation of tax increment districts and approval of project plans and for financing of project costs.

HB 359 amends Pennsylvania's Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Act to update definitions, clarify authority powers, and streamline the process for creating tax increment districts and approving project plans. It directly affects local development authorities and project developers seeking TIF funding for community redevelopment projects. Key changes include modifying how districts are established, requiring specific project plan approvals, and detailing how project costs are financed using future tax revenue growth within the district. The bill aims to modernize the TIF framework to support economic development initiatives.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill update shifts the legislative status from an introduced draft to a committee-reported version, adding specific powers for authorities to create redevelopment funds with municipalities. It also expands the definition of project costs to include anti-displacement activities and clarifies that costs can be used to fund redevelopment funds or reimburse prior expenditures. The bill's effective date section was renumbered to correct a sequencing error.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly authorize authorities to enter agreements with municipalities and school districts to create redevelopment funds, which can be financed using tax increments from both active and terminated districts.
FISCAL

Authorities are now explicitly authorized to enter agreements with municipalities and school districts to create redevelopment funds that can be funded by tax increments.

DEFINITION

A new definition for 'Anti-displacement activity' was added to clarify that projects preventing involuntary relocation are eligible for tax increment funding.

The definition of 'project costs' was updated to include anti-displacement activity costs and to allow for the funding of redevelopment funds or reimbursement of prior expenditures.

REQUIREMENT

The bill text was updated to reflect that it has been reported from committee and amended, changing the procedural status from 'Introduced' to 'As Reported from Committee'.

TECHNICAL

The effective date section was renumbered from Section 3 to Section 4 to correct a numbering error in the bill structure.

Floor votes · House May 14, 2025

How they voted

102101
Passed
Total votes 203
May 14, 2025
D Democratic102
102 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican101
101 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Community, Economic & Recreational Development
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
May 13, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as amended
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to Housing & Community Development
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors

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