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2015-2016 Legislation Amending Act 2 of 1971

These bills amend the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.0006, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code Of 1971. To view a list of all statutes that amend this act, visit the Chronological History.

# of House Bills: 105

# of Senate Bills: 99

Bill	Sponsor	Memo
House Bill 86	Rep. WHEATLEY	Tax Credit for the Purchase of Classroom Supplies
House Bill 136	Rep. MURT	Inheritance Tax Elimination for Children with Disabilities (Prior HB 655)
House Bill 174	Rep. GROVE	Reducing the Corporate Net Income Tax
House Bill 199	Rep. MURT	Smokeless Tobacco Tax to Fund the Waiting List Account for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities & Autism (Prior HB 1241)
House Bill 204	Rep. MURT	Tourism Tax Credit
House Bill 257	Rep. BAKER	Volunteer Firefighter Tax Exemption
House Bill 258	Rep. BAKER	School Contractors Tax Exemption
House Bill 280	Rep. HICKERNELL	Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Youth Development Programs (Former HB 503, 2013-2014 Legislative Session)
House Bill 283	Rep. F. KELLER	SUT Exclusion for Gun Locks & Gun Safes
House Bill 298	Rep. HICKERNELL	Estimated Payment Threshold for Personal Income Tax (Former HB 531 - 2013-2014 Legislative Session)
House Bill 435	Rep. COHEN	Electric Vehicle Charging Corridor Tax Credit
House Bill 437	Rep. CALTAGIRONE	Clarification of Sales Tax Exemption for Traffic Signal Constuction
House Bill 450	Rep. SAYLOR	Accelerating the City Revitalization and Improvement Zone Program Designation
House Bill 457	Rep. KILLION	Waterfront Development Tax Credit
House Bill 504	Rep. GABLER	Introduction of Legislation – Sales and Use Tax Exclusion for Timber Operations (formerly HB 1138 of 2013)
House Bill 517	Rep. STURLA	Legislation to Exempt Library Book Sales from Sales Tax
House Bill 607	Rep. O'BRIEN	Legislation that will help reduce the burden of college debt.
House Bill 614	Rep. BOBACK	City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) - Adds Eligibility for a City of the Second Class A (Scranton)
House Bill 631	Rep. THOMAS	Notice Requirements for online sales vendors
House Bill 645	Rep. YOUNGBLOOD	PA Film Production Tax Credit Program -- Diversity Goals (former HB 2501)
House Bill 660	Rep. FREEMAN	CRIZ
House Bill 700	Rep. BLOOM	Small Business Tax Fairness Package (Previously HB 2400, HB 2401 & HB 2402)
House Bill 701	Rep. GROVE	Small Business Tax Fairness Package (Previously HB 2400, HB 2401 & HB 2402)
House Bill 702	Rep. DUNBAR	Small Business Tax Fairness Package (Previously HB 2400, HB 2401 & HB 2402)
House Bill 736	Rep. HANNA	Excluding certain real estate from the yearly income requirement
House Bill 747	Rep. DeLUCA	Sales Tax on Discounted Items (HB 218 of 2013)
House Bill 752	Rep. CHRISTIANA	Increased Tax Credit for EITC & OSTC Programs
House Bill 784	Rep. BARBIN	Veterans First Tax Credit
House Bill 859	Rep. STAATS	REVISED CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMO -- Exemption of Realty Transfer Tax on Easements
House Bill 932	Rep. DRISCOLL	Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefit Realty Transfer Tax Exemption
House Bill 933	Rep. DRISCOLL	Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefit: Inheritance Tax Exemption
House Bill 937	Rep. SIMS	Sustainable Development and Manufacturing Tax Credit Package
House Bill 938	Rep. SIMS	Sustainable Development and Manufacturing Tax Credit Package
House Bill 939	Rep. SIMS	Sustainable Development and Manufacturing Tax Credit Package
House Bill 940	Rep. SIMS	Sustainable Development and Manufacturing Tax Credit Package
House Bill 958	Rep. LONGIETTI	Legislation Raising the Threshold for Estimated Sales Tax Returns from $25,000 to $100,000
House Bill 959	Rep. LONGIETTI	Amend the City Revitalization Improvement Zones (CRIZ) Legislation
House Bill 971	Rep. METZGAR	Inheritance Tax Elimination for Children Age of 21 and Under (Former HB 659 - Session 2013-2014)
House Bill 995	Rep. MURT	Additional Cigarette Tax to Fund Adult Intellectual Disabilities & Autism Waiting List Account (Prior HB 2451)
House Bill 1001	Rep. MURT	Homeowners Association Contributions Tax Deduction (Prior HB 551)
House Bill 1024	Rep. MURT	Personal Income Tax Checkoff for Adults With Special Needs
House Bill 1058	Rep. HARHART	CRIZ Legislation
House Bill 1074	Rep. GALLOWAY	Co-sponsorship: Gift of Life Act – Monica’s Law
House Bill 1120	Rep. NESBIT	Data Center Investment Incentive Program
House Bill 1142	Rep. DAVIDSON	Pennsylvania Education Reinvestment Act
House Bill 1146	Rep. KAVULICH	Made In Pennyslvania Manfacturing Tax Credit
House Bill 1165	Rep. JAMES	Non-Resident Beneficiary Income Withholding
House Bill 1188	Rep. ROEBUCK	EITC for Educational Improvement Organizations serving Low-Achieving Schools
House Bill 1198	Rep. PRIME SPONSOR WITHDREW	Amended Corporate Tax Returns
House Bill 1206	Rep. DEAN	Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit for Veterans' Housing Projects
House Bill 1213	Rep. M. DALEY	Enhancing public health via tobacco tax modernization
House Bill 1220	Rep. DEASY	Volunteer Emergency First Responders Tax Credit
House Bill 1222	Rep. DEASY	Exempt individual firefighters from paying sales tax on personal purchases of firefighter equipment
House Bill 1246	Rep. YOUNGBLOOD	Removing the income tax exemption for State Lottery winnings
House Bill 1254	Rep. MASSER	Proposed Legislation Clarifying the Inheritance Tax Exemption for Family-Owned Farms
House Bill 1264	Rep. FEE	Agricultural Building Tax Exclusion
House Bill 1280	Rep. FARRY	Prohibiting a Plastic Bag Ban, Tax, Fee or Surcharge in this Commonwealth and Establishing a Plastic Bag Recycling Advisory Board – Two Bill Package
House Bill 1298	Rep. SANTARSIERO	Amending the Tax Reform Code of 1971 providing for commuter and commerce toll tax credit
House Bill 1315	Rep. DAY	Loophole regarding online travel companies and hotel occupancy tax
House Bill 1321	Rep. DiGIROLAMO	Proposal to Add a 3.2% Drilling Tax to Act 13 Impact Fee
House Bill 1324	Rep. BRIGGS	Video Game Production Tax Credit
House Bill 1358	Rep. GROVE	Exempting Sales Tax Collection on Christmas Trees Sold by Christmas Tree Farms
House Bill 1363	Rep. DiGIROLAMO	Proposal to Add a 3.2% Drilling Tax to Act 13 Impact Fee
House Bill 1367	Rep. HARHAI	Childhood Obesity Package
House Bill 1370	Rep. GIBBONS	Revised - Coal Refuse Energy and Reclamation Tax Credit
House Bill 1377	Rep. MURT	Nominal 0.5% Tax on Insurance Policy Premiums to Help Fund the Waiting List Account for Adults with Developmental Disabilities
House Bill 1382	Rep. M. QUINN	School District Contribution Fund
House Bill 1406	Rep. YOUNGBLOOD	Streamling sales and use tax exemption for diapers and incontinence products
House Bill 1416	Rep. EVANKOVICH	Eliminating the Cap on the Net-Operating-Loss Carry Forward
House Bill 1430	Rep. KIM	City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) Program and former Act 47 Cities
House Bill 1431	Rep. SIMS	Legislation Regarding the Use of Plastic Bags
House Bill 1444	Rep. MURT	Taxing Pennsylvania Lottery Winnings
House Bill 1448	Rep. P. COSTA	Legislation to Broaden Availability of Film Tax Credit
House Bill 1461	Rep. PASHINSKI	Taxing Electronic Cigarettes
House Bill 1485	Rep. THOMAS	Amending the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program's eligibility and reporting requirements to the Commonwealth
House Bill 1501	Rep. CALTAGIRONE	Companion bills to fight blight and homelessness (two bills)
House Bill 1508	Rep. TOOHIL	City Revitalization and Improvement Zones (CRIZ) Expanding the Category of Third Class Cities from 30,000 to 25,000 Residents
House Bill 1536	Rep. PETRI	Marcellus Shale Tax Bill
House Bill 1602	Rep. McCARTER	Tax Holiday for Energy Star or Water Sense Products
House Bill 1641	Rep. DRISCOLL	Food Donation Tax Credit
House Bill 1696	Rep. WHEATLEY	Providing a Tax Deducation to Employers Hiring Veterans & Other Individuals with Barriers to Employment
House Bill 1757	Rep. CONKLIN	Tax Fairness Initiative
House Bill 1758	Rep. CONKLIN	Tax Fairness Initiative
House Bill 1780	Rep. ORTITAY	Corporate Net Income Tax Reduction Legislation
House Bill 1791	Rep. KAMPF	Basic Needs Tax Credit
House Bill 1804	Rep. CALTAGIRONE	Pediatric Cancer Research State Income Tax Form Check-Off
House Bill 1839	Rep. ORTITAY	Removing Expired Capital Stock & Foreign Franchise Tax Language from Tax Code Legislation
House Bill 1865	Rep. CALTAGIRONE	Fund a Cure for Pediatric Cancer
House Bill 1867	Rep. MURT	Sales Tax Exclusion for Library Book Sales
House Bill 1869	Rep. FLYNN	Expanding the City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) program to include Cities of the Second Class A
House Bill 1875	Rep. SANTORA	Clarifying Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) applications in the alternative.
House Bill 1876	Rep. SANTORA	EITC- Educational Improvement Tax Credit - Budget Impasse
House Bill 1888	Rep. M. QUINN	Proposed Legislation – Tax Amnesty Program
House Bill 1941	Rep. MOUL	Inheritance Tax - former HB 256
House Bill 2060	Rep. FLYNN	Reduction in Corporate Net Income Tax Rate
House Bill 2162	Rep. SCHWEYER	Neighborhood Assistance Programs
House Bill 2171	Rep. THOMAS
House Bill 2172	Rep. THOMAS
House Bill 2213	Rep. MUSTIO	Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit Program (NAP)
House Bill 2252	Rep. FREEMAN	Factory or Mill Buildings and Economic Revitalization
House Bill 2339	Rep. PETRARCA
House Bill 2342	Rep. WHEELAND	E-Cig Vaping – Protecting Lives and Livelihoods Legislation
House Bill 2371	Rep. SCHLOSSBERG	Aging in Place Tax Credits
House Bill 2372	Rep. SCHLOSSBERG	Aging in Place Tax Credits
House Bill 2377	Rep. FLYNN	Income Tax Exemption for Olympic Winnings
Senate Bill 13	Sen. COSTA
Senate Bill 30	Sen. GREENLEAF	Self-employment tax
Senate Bill 37	Sen. WILLIAMS	Tax Credit for Hiring Veterans
Senate Bill 48	Sen. GREENLEAF	Tax return filing exemption for seniors
Senate Bill 59	Sen. GREENLEAF	Personal income tax: offsetting gains and losses
Senate Bill 67	Sen. GREENLEAF	Child-Care Tax Credit Act
Senate Bill 69	Sen. ALLOWAY	Reintroduction Memo: Phasing Out of the PA Inheritance Tax
Senate Bill 73	Sen. ALLOWAY	Small Breweries Malt Tax Credit
Senate Bill 83	Sen. GREENLEAF	Unreimbursed child and dependent care expenses
Senate Bill 105	Sen. SMITH	State Tax Return PA 529 College Savings Account Designation
Senate Bill 110	Sen. BOSCOLA	Credits For Approved Job Training Programs
Senate Bill 112	Sen. WOZNIAK	Governor's Budget Package Legislation Regarding the Manufacturing Tax Credit Program
Senate Bill 116	Sen. BREWSTER	Governor's Budget Package Legislation- Pennsylvania Education Reinvestment Act
Senate Bill 117	Sen. HUGHES
Senate Bill 139	Sen. GREENLEAF	Sales tax exemptions
Senate Bill 217	Sen. FONTANA	Film Production Tax Credits for Certain Commercial TV Series
Senate Bill 218	Sen. FONTANA	Increase Film Production Tax Credit
Senate Bill 219	Sen. FONTANA	Approved Unused Film Production Tax Credits
Senate Bill 224	Sen. FARNESE	Pennsylvania Port Volume Increase Tax Credit
Senate Bill 225	Sen. BOSCOLA	Establishing a ‘School-to-Work’ Tax Credit
Senate Bill 237	Sen. SMITH	High Performance Buildings Tax Credit
Senate Bill 240	Sen. SMITH	Energy Star Rated Product Manufacturing Tax Credit
Senate Bill 241	Sen. SMITH	Energy Star Rated Glass or Window Technologies Tax Credit
Senate Bill 242	Sen. SMITH	Green Roof Tax Credit
Senate Bill 243	Sen. FONTANA	Increase for the Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit Program
Senate Bill 256	Sen. FONTANA	Sales and Use Tax Filing Schedule Change
Senate Bill 274	Sen. TARTAGLIONE	Co-Sponsorship of Legislation: Closing the Delaware Loophole
Senate Bill 282	Sen. VULAKOVICH	Waterfront Development Tax Credit
Senate Bill 297	Sen. HUGHES	Personal Income Tax Poverty Exemption
Senate Bill 308	Sen. HUGHES	Cosponsorship memo #8 – Tax Credit for Purchase of Classroom Supplies
Senate Bill 314	Sen. BREWSTER	Prohibit certain income from taxation
Senate Bill 331	Sen. WARD	Elimination of the "Death Tax"
Senate Bill 368	Sen. WHITE	Waste Coal Energy and Reclamation Tax Credit
Senate Bill 382	Sen. WILEY	CRIZ expansion
Senate Bill 383	Sen. BAKER	Tax Forgiveness for Full-time College Students
Senate Bill 386	Sen. PILEGGI	Ensuring Equal Tax Treatment of All Air Freight Companies
Senate Bill 421	Sen. YUDICHAK	Introduction of Legislation on Excluding Certain Transactions from the Realty Transfer Tax
Senate Bill 426	Sen. VULAKOVICH	Improving the Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit Program (NAP) to better serve the housing needs of our veterans
Senate Bill 432	Sen. BROOKS	Inheritance Tax Phase-Out
Senate Bill 433	Sen. BROOKS	Inheritance Tax Phase-Out
Senate Bill 443	Sen. BROOKS	Corporate Tax Reform
Senate Bill 459	Sen. RAFFERTY	Solar Energy - Sales and Use Tax Exemption
Senate Bill 480	Sen. VOGEL	Exempting Vehicles Purchased by Nonresidents who then Relocate to Pennsylvania from Pennsylvania’s Sales Tax
Senate Bill 505	Sen. COSTA	Expanded Uses of Film Production Tax Credit
Senate Bill 540	Sen. LEACH	Plastic Bag Use in Pennsylvania
Senate Bill 543	Sen. LEACH	Tax Incentives for Employers Who Hire Ex-Felons
Senate Bill 556	Sen. McILHINNEY	Memo #1 Exemption of Transfer Tax - Conservation Easements
Senate Bill 565	Sen. PILEGGI	Broadening Availability of Film Tax Credit, Improving Post-Production Tax Credit & Establishing Videogame Tax Credit
Senate Bill 574	Sen. McILHINNEY	Memo #6 Tax Credit for Living Organ Donations
Senate Bill 580	Sen. GORDNER	Proposed Legislation Clarifying the Inheritance Tax Exemption for Family-Owned Farms
Senate Bill 591	Sen. TOMLINSON	Charitable Contributions
Senate Bill 595	Sen. DINNIMAN	Pet foster care for Pennsylvanians on active duty
Senate Bill 596	Sen. MENSCH	Jobs Initiative Package
Senate Bill 597	Sen. MENSCH	Jobs Initiative Package
Senate Bill 598	Sen. MENSCH	Jobs Initiative Package
Senate Bill 599	Sen. MENSCH	Jobs Initiative Package
Senate Bill 601	Sen. FOLMER	Reintroduction of Small Business Reform Package
Senate Bill 602	Sen. EICHELBERGER	Reintroduction of Small Business Reform Package
Senate Bill 603	Sen. HUTCHINSON	Reintroduction of Small Business Reform Package
Senate Bill 608	Sen. McGARRIGLE	Cosponsorship of Legislation – Amending CRIZ
Senate Bill 623	Sen. FOLMER	0% Inheritance Tax for Disabled Child Beneficiaries
Senate Bill 629	Sen. HUTCHINSON	Firearm Storage Device Sales Tax Exclusion
Senate Bill 657	Sen. HUTCHINSON	Providing a Sales and Use Tax Exclusion for Timber Operations
Senate Bill 659	Sen. BLAKE	Animal Shelter Tax Credit
Senate Bill 676	Sen. WARD	Senate Bill: Amending the Tax Reform Code of 1971 by Establishing a PTP Statewide Tourism Marketing and Promotion Tax Credit
Senate Bill 693	Sen. TEPLITZ	Legislation – Animal Adoption Tax Credit
Senate Bill 707	Sen. SMITH	Sales and Use Tax Exemption for the Purchase of Firefighting Equipment
Senate Bill 719	Sen. TOMLINSON	Marcellus Shale Severance Tax
Senate Bill 721	Sen. AUMENT	Agriculture Exemption of Sales and Use Tax
Senate Bill 734	Sen. STEFANO	Inheritance Tax Elimination for Children Age of 21 and Under
Senate Bill 739	Sen. LEACH	Video Game Production Tax Credit
Senate Bill 766	Sen. DINNIMAN	Sales-Tax Exemption for Fire Stations
Senate Bill 798	Sen. HUTCHINSON	Data Center Investment Incentive Program
Senate Bill 848	Sen. TEPLITZ	Legislation – Amendment of the Resource Enhancement and Protection Act
Senate Bill 878	Sen. SCAVELLO	Homeowners Association Contributions Tax Deduction
Senate Bill 907	Sen. ARGALL	Amending City Revitalization and Improvement Zone (CRIZ) program eligibility
Senate Bill 919	Sen. BROWNE	Sales Tax Collection - Motor Vehicle Dealers
Senate Bill 920	Sen. BROWNE	Sales Tax Exemption for Equipment for Visually Impaired
Senate Bill 932	Sen. BROWNE	Investment Company Apportionment
Senate Bill 933	Sen. BROWNE	Involuntary Conversions under IRC §1033
Senate Bill 937	Sen. AUMENT	Concert Rehearsal and Tour Tax Credit
Senate Bill 957	Sen. DINNIMAN	Childhood Obesity Package
Senate Bill 963	Sen. TEPLITZ	Legislation – State Tax Return PA 529 College Savings Account Designation
Senate Bill 999	Sen. TEPLITZ	Legislation – Giving Tax Credit to Wildland Firefighters and River Rescuers
Senate Bill 1050	Sen. WARD	Senate Bill: Amending the Tax Reform Code for the Purpose of Enhancements to the Film Production Tax Credit Incentive Program
Senate Bill 1127	Sen. STEFANO	Firefighter Relief Package
Senate Bill 1130	Sen. RAFFERTY	Veterans’ Organization Realty Transfer Tax Exemption
Senate Bill 1161	Sen. RESCHENTHALER	EITC Program Protection Legislation
Senate Bill 1190	Sen. FARNESE	Hotel Occupancy Tax for the Online Marketplace
Senate Bill 1213	Sen. COSTA	Opioid Addiction Prevention and Treatment Assessment
Senate Bill 1258	Sen. HAYWOOD	Non-Wage, Non-Interest Income Tax
Senate Bill 1263	Sen. HUGHES	Addition of Affordable Housing to Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit
Senate Bill 1276	Sen. HAYWOOD	Youth Employment Tax Credit
Senate Bill 1278	Sen. FONTANA	R&D Tax Credit
Senate Bill 1317	Sen. GORDNER	Proposed Legislation Providing for an Exemption to the Sales and Use Tax for Certain Reused Packaging Materials
Senate Bill 1362	Sen. KILLION	Electronic Cigarette and Vaping – Floor Tax
Senate Bill 1371	Sen. SCHWANK	Agricultural Conservation Easements - Realty Transfer Tax
Senate Bill 1373	Sen. BARTOLOTTA	Replacement of E-Cigarette “Floor Tax”
Senate Bill 1382	Sen. YUDICHAK	Legislation for a Livable Home Tax Credit