PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 595
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
656
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, SAMUELSON, ZIMMERMAN, SCHLOSSBERG,
SIEGEL, M. MACKENZIE, MADDEN, KINSEY, McNEILL, GIRAL,
DELLOSO, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, WARREN AND N. NELSON,
MARCH 21, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MARCH 21, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for exemptions and special
provisions relating to taxation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 2(b) of Article VIII be amended by adding a
clause to read:
ยง 2. Exemptions and special provisions.
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(b) The General Assembly may, by law:
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(vii) Establish standards and qualifications to exempt a
taxpayer from the payment of the portion of real property tax
levied by a local taxing authority on the homestead property of
the taxpayer that exceeds a percentage threshold amount of the
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