Bill Title: Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study the feasibility of a local property tax freeze and the gradual elimination of local property taxes for senior citizens; to perform a cost analysis of such a freeze and reduction; to determine the consequences of such a freeze and reduction on local taxing bodies and on the Commonwealth; and to make recommendations on alternative financing methods for school districts.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-23 - Referred to FINANCE [HR183 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Representative Stephen Barrar [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-160	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Duane Milne [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-167	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dan Moul [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Murt [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-152	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael O'Brien [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-175	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Pallone [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Merle Phillips [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-108	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harry Readshaw [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mario Scavello [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Siptroth [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-189	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ken Smith [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-112	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edward Staback [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-115	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative RoseMarie Swanger [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-102	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Randy Vulakovich [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Don Walko [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Wansacz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-114	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rosita Youngblood [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-198	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nicholas Micozzie [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-163	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Smith [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-156	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Mahoney [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Karen Boback [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-117	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Scott Boyd [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Clymer [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-145	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Creighton [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anthony DeLuca [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Florindo Fabrizio [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Russell Fairchild [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Freeman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-136	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille George [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-074	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jaret Gibbons [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Neal Goodman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susan Helm [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-104	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Hickernell [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-098	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Kortz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nickolas Kotik [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bryan Lentz [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-161	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Seth Grove [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-196	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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