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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 985: An Act providing for an annual revenue-sharing program for municipalities relating to tax-exempt real property; establishing the Tax-exempt Property Municipal Assistance Fund; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development; and making a repeal.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 985 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for an annual revenue-sharing program for municipalities relating to tax-exempt real property; establishing the Tax-exempt Property Municipal Assistance Fund; imposing powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development; and making a repeal. Primary sponsor: Bob Freeman (Democratic). It lists 26 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 10, 2025): Laid on the table.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 26 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bob FreemanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Tim BrennanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Mary Jo DaleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Nate DavidsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Dan DeasyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Kyle DonahueCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
José GiralCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse180
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Pat HarkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Malcolm KenyattaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse181
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Maureen MaddenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse115
Dave MadsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Dan MoulCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Danielle OttenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse155
Chris PielliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse156
Lindsay PowellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Tarah ProbstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse189
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Christina SappeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse158
Mike SchlossbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Izzy Smith-Wade-ElCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on the table
  2. Re-reported as committed
  3. Re-committed to Rules
  4. First consideration
  5. Reported as amended
  6. Referred to Local Government

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source