A group of Pennsylvania House members introduced House Bill 1874 on Sept. 22, 2025, to amend the Transit Revitalization Investment District Act and require creation of a coterminous value capture area whenever a Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID) is formally established.

The bill text, filed as Printer's No. 2328 and introduced by Powell, Freeman, Hill-Evans, Abney, Frankel, Sanchez, Waxman, Mayes, Deasy and Ciresi, states that a coterminous value capture area "shall simultaneously be created" with TRID boundaries so local municipalities, school districts, the county and the public transportation agency can share increased tax increments and other designated tax revenues generated by new real estate investment within the TRID.

If enacted as written, the bill directs the TRID participants, through the TRID's designated management entity, to develop an administrative and project schedule and budget to implement the TRID planning study and to plan for future maintenance needs. The designated management entity would be permitted to deposit incremental revenues into a separate tax increment fund for the benefit of a redevelopment authority and to implement the TRID planning study. The bill also says that, after termination of a TRID, participating municipalities, school districts and the county may continue to deposit a portion of incremental tax revenue from the value capture area into that fund. Participating municipalities would be able to review and revise the TRID budget.

The bill text references the Transit Revitalization Investment District Act (P.L.1801, No.238) and amends Section 701. It also includes a one-sentence enactment clause: "This act shall take effect in 60 days." The document does not specify any percentages, formulas or mandatory splits for how incremental tax revenues would be shared among participants, nor does it appropriate funds or alter existing taxing authority in numeric detail.

House Bill 1874 was referred to the House Committee on Housing and Community Development on the day it was introduced. The printed bill contains no recorded committee action, fiscal note, public testimony or recorded floor votes; it is an introduced bill seeking amendment to the TRID statute.

Why it matters: TRIDs are used to encourage transit-oriented development by capturing increases in local tax revenue tied to redevelopment near transit. The bill would make the value capture area coterminous with TRID boundaries and formalize management and fund-deposit approaches for incremental revenues, potentially affecting municipal budgets, school district tax bases, county revenues and redevelopment authorities in jurisdictions that establish TRIDs.

What is not in the bill: The text does not set binding revenue-share percentages, specify which "other designated tax revenues" beyond real estate increments are included, require a municipal referendum, or describe oversight or auditing procedures for the separate tax increment fund. Those details would need to be provided in later committee work, implementing regulations or companion legislation.

The bill file identifies the sponsors only by last name in the introduction line and shows referral to committee; it does not include committee reports, fiscal impact statements or recorded votes in the printed text. The sponsor list on the bill is: Powell; Freeman; Hill-Evans; Abney; Frankel; Sanchez; Waxman; Mayes; Deasy; and Ciresi.

Next steps: The bill remains at the committee referral stage pending any hearings, amendments or votes in committee and on the House floor.