Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2679: An Act amending the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act, in senior citizens property tax and rent rebate assistance, further providing for filing and payment of claim.
Status: In committee, June 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act providing for taxation by school districts, for the State funds formula, for tax relief in first class cities, for school district choice and voter participation, for other school district options and for a task force on school cost reduction; making an appropriation; prohibiting prior authorized taxation; providing for installment payment of taxes; restricting the power of certain school districts to levy, assess and collect taxes; and making related repeals," in senior citizens property tax and rent rebate assistance, further providing for filing and payment of claim.
From the introduced text, June 29, 2026:
An act providing for taxation by school districts, for the State funds formula, for tax relief in first class cities, for school district choice and voter participation, for other school district options and for a task force on school cost reduction; making an appropriation; prohibiting prior authorized taxation; providing for installment payment of taxes; restricting the power of certain school districts to levy, assess and collect taxes; and making related repeals," in senior citizens property tax and rent rebate assistance, further providing for filing and payment of claim. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 1305(a) and (b) of the act of June 27, 2006 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Taxpayer Relief Act, is amended to read: Section 1305. Filing and payment of claim. (a) General rule.--[Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a] A claim for property tax or rent rebate shall be filed with the department on or before [the 30th day of June] December 31 of the year next succeeding the end of the calendar year in which real property taxes or rent was due and payable. [(b) Exception.--A claim filed after the June 30 deadline until December 31 of such calendar year shall be accepted by the secretary as long as funds are available to pay …