PRINTER'S NO. 2399
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1905
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY M. BROWN, VENKAT, KAZEEM, MADDEN, HAMM, POWELL,
SANCHEZ, GAYDOS, SHUSTERMAN, FREEMAN, STEELE, KENYATTA,
MALAGARI, BOROWSKI, KINSEY, SAPPEY, PARKER, GERGELY AND
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, DECEMBER 11, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 11, 2023
AN ACT
Providing for small business fee exemption.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Small
Business Fee Exemption Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Business fee." A fee required to be paid to the
Commonwealth or a political subdivision for starting or opening
a business within this Commonwealth. The term does not include a
fee for maintaining licensure or other requirement for
continuing to operate a business.
"Department." The Department of State of the Commonwealth.
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