HB 1260 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act providing for solar-ready projects involving a warehouse or distribution center; authorizing tax exemptions and special tax provisions; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection; and imposing penalties.

HB 1260 would allow businesses owning warehouses or distribution centers to install solar energy systems by providing tax exemptions for "solar-ready" projects. It directly affects commercial property owners in the state by reducing their tax burden for qualifying solar installations. Key provisions include authorizing special tax breaks, requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to establish guidelines for these projects, and imposing fines for non-compliance with solar-ready construction standards. The bill aims to incentivize renewable energy adoption in large commercial facilities through concrete tax policy changes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 21, 2025 Last action Mar 30, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN2616 → Printer's No. PN2839 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text has been updated from Printer's Number 2616 to 2839, marking it as a corrective reprint. The primary changes are administrative, including an update to the list of bill sponsors to include Rusnock and a correction to the header identifying prior printer numbers. No substantive policy changes, such as new funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or timeline adjustments, were identified in the provided text.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header and printer numbers to reflect the latest version (PN 2839) and corrected the sponsor list to include Rusnock.

Floor votes · House Mar 23, 2026

How they voted

101–98

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 200

Mar 23, 2026

D Democratic102

101 Yea 1 Nay

99% Yea

R Republican98

97 Nay 1

98% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third consideration and final passage

lower

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Re-committed to Appropriations

lower

Nov 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported as amended

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to Energy

lower

1 primary · 47 co-sponsors