An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for application for certificate of title; in registration of vehicles, further providing for registration and certificate of title required and for period of registration, repealing provisions relating to temporary registration cards and to temporary registration permits, providing for transition from temporary registration cards, permits and plates and further providing for transfer of registration, for duties of agents and for issuance and reissuance of registration plates; in financial responsibility, further providing for required financial responsibility; in fees, further providing for temporary and electronically issued registration plates; in Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund, further providing for enforcement; in powers of department and local authorities, further providing for proportional registration not exclusive; in messenger service, further providing for agent duties and responsibilities; and, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing for electric vehicle road user charge.

PRINTER'S NO. 2103
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1710
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GIRAL, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, BRENNAN,
GOUGHNOUR, HADDOCK, SANCHEZ, DOUGHERTY, D. WILLIAMS AND
BELLMON, JULY 8, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests,
further providing for application for certificate of title;
in registration of vehicles, further providing for
registration and certificate of title required and for period
of registration, repealing provisions relating to temporary
registration cards and to temporary registration permits,
providing for transition from temporary registration cards,
permits and plates and further providing for transfer of
registration, for duties of agents and for issuance and
reissuance of registration plates; in financial
responsibility, further providing for required financial
responsibility; in fees, further providing for temporary and
electronically issued registration plates; in Motor Vehicle
Transaction Recovery Fund, further providing for enforcement;
in powers of department and local authorities, further
providing for proportional registration not exclusive; in
messenger service, further providing for agent duties and
responsibilities; and, in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further
providing for electric vehicle road user charge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1103.1(g.1), 1301(c.1) and 1307(b) of
Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 1103.1. Application for certificate of title.
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(g.1) Verification.--In lieu of notarization of any document
required to be submitted with the application for certificate of
title, the department shall accept the verification of a
person's signature by a wholesale vehicle auction licensed by
the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and
Salespersons or its employee, or an issuing agent who is
licensed as a vehicle dealer by the State Board of Vehicle
Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespersons, or its employee. The
name and identification number and the signature of the issuing
agent or wholesale vehicle auction or respective employee shall
be written in the space reserved for a notarization or
verification. If an issuing agent or wholesale vehicle auction
or respective employee falsely verifies a person's signature,
the department shall suspend the issuing agent's or wholesale
vehicle auction's authority to issue [temporary] registration
plates and cards for not less than 30 days. When verification is
used in lieu of notarization, the issuing agent or its employee
shall verify a person's identity by using at least one form of
government-issued photo identification. A copy of the form of
identification used shall be maintained by the issuing agent for
a period of three years from the date of the verification.
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§ 1301. Registration and certificate of title required.
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(c.1) Reconstructed, recovered theft, flood, modified and
specially constructed vehicles.--Only the department shall issue
a [temporary] registration plate or card, or permit the transfer
of a registration plate, in conjunction with any application for
reconstructed, recovered theft, flood, modified and specially
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constructed vehicles. Proof of financial responsibility must
accompany the application for registration prior to the issuance
of a registration plate.
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§ 1307. Period of registration.
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(b) New registration.--A new registration is effective on
the date of issuance of a registration card by the department
[or the date of issuance of a temporary registration card by an
authorized agent of the department under section 1310 (relating
to temporary registration cards)].
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Section 2. Sections 1310 and 1310.1 of Title 75 are
repealed:
[§ 1310. Temporary registration cards.
(a) General rule.--The department shall provide temporary
registration cards for use pending issuance or transfer of
permanent registration cards. Temporary registration cards and
plates may be delivered to designated agents who shall have the
authority to issue them in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the department. When determining whether to
suspend, revoke or impose a monetary penalty upon an agent, the
department may consider relevant mitigating events.
(b) Duration.--Temporary registration cards shall be valid
for such period as the department shall designate. Temporary
registration cards issued to a vehicle acquired in this
Commonwealth for transportation to another state for
registration or use in the other state shall be valid for 60
days from the date of issuance.
(c) Charges by designated agent.--A designated agent may not
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charge any fee for issuing a temporary registration card other
than notary fees.
§ 1310.1. Temporary registration permits.
(a) General rule.--A registration permit shall be issued to
the registrant concurrent with the issuance of a temporary
registration card and plate.
(b) Content of registration permit.--Every registration
permit shall contain the following information:
(1) The term "Pennsylvania" preprinted on the permit.
(2) The term "temporary registration permit" preprinted
on the permit.
(3) The sticker issued by the department which will
contain the number of the temporary registration plate and
the dealer identification number (DIN).
(4) The expiration date (month/day/year) of the
temporary registration plate handprinted on the permit in
permanent black marker.
(5) The control number preprinted on the permit.
(c) Location of registration permit.--Except as otherwise
provided, a registration permit shall be affixed to the extreme
lower left-hand (driver side) inside corner of the rear window
of a vehicle with the printed information visible from the
outside. On trailers, motorcycles, mopeds, motor-driven cycles
and convertibles, the registration permit shall be carried with
the vehicle at all times while the vehicle is being operated on
the highway.]
Section 3. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1310.2. Transition from temporary registration cards, permits
and plates.
The department shall take the necessary steps to end all
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processes regarding the issuance of temporary registration
cards, permits and plates and develop an expedited process for
issuing permanent registration cards and plates within two years
of the effective date of this section. The department shall
provide only permanent registration cards and plates as provided
by this title.
Section 4. Sections 1314(b), 1318(a), 1331(c), (d) and (e),
1786(h)(3), 1928, 2307(b), 6150 and 7504.1(a), (b) and (c) of
Title 75 are amended to read:
§ 1314. Transfer of registration.
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(b) Procedure for transfer.--In order to transfer
registration and registration plates, the transferee shall apply
for [a temporary registration card in accordance with section
1310 (relating to temporary registration cards) and
simultaneously apply for] transfer of registration under this
section.
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§ 1318. Duties of agents.
(a) Verification of financial responsibility.--An agent of
the Department of Transportation who is authorized to issue on
behalf of the department a vehicle registration renewal or
[temporary] registration shall be required to verify financial
responsibility prior to issuance.
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§ 1331. Issuance and reissuance of registration plates.
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[(c) Temporary registration plates.--The department shall
provide temporary registration plates for use on vehicles which
are to be removed from this Commonwealth or for use as necessary
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pending issuance of permanent registration plates.]
(d) Reflectorizing material on plate.--All registration
plates[, except temporary plates,] shall be treated with
reflectorizing material in accordance with standards approved by
the department.
(e) Issuance of plates by agents.--The department may
deliver registration plates, other than special plates, to
designated agents, who shall have the authority to issue them
[in conjunction with the issuance of temporary registration
cards].
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§ 1786. Required financial responsibility.
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(h) Reinstatement of voluntarily surrendered registration
plate and card.--
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(3) A full agent designated by the department to issue
[substitute temporary] registration cards and plates
following a voluntary surrender of registration cards and
plates pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department
or a decentralized service agent appointed by the department
may be authorized to issue [substitute temporary]
registration plates provided proof of financial
responsibility and a copy of the receipt showing the original
registration plate and card were voluntarily surrendered are
furnished. The fees provided pursuant to sections 1929
(relating to replacement registration plates) and 1932
(relating to duplicate registration cards) shall not be
charged if the original registration plate and card were
canceled pursuant to paragraph (1).
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§ 1928. [Temporary and electronically] Electronically issued
registration plates.
The fee payable by a dealer or other dispensing agent for a
[temporary registration plate or for a] registration plate to be
issued for new registration processed electronically with the
department shall be $14. The charge of the agent for providing
an applicant with a plate under this section shall not exceed a
total of $14.
§ 2307. Enforcement.
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(b) Administrative penalties.--The department and the
Department of State may suspend the license and recall motor
vehicle dealer plates and the authority to issue [temporary]
registrations of any member who does not pay the requisite fee
to the fund prior to acting as a member. The suspension and
recall shall remain in effect until the requisite fee is paid,
plus an additional 30 days.
§ 6150. Proportional registration not exclusive.
Nothing contained in this subchapter relating to proportional
registration of fleet vehicles shall be construed as requiring
any vehicle to be proportionally registered if the vehicle is
otherwise registered in this Commonwealth for the operation in
which it is engaged including, but not by way of limitation,
[regular] registration, [temporary registration,] or trip permit
or registration.
§ 7504.1. Agent duties and responsibilities.
(a) General rule.--An agent shall faithfully abide by and
comply with all laws pertaining to the issuance of [temporary]
registration plates and cards.
(b) Return or surrender of [temporary] registration cards
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and plates.--
(1) An agent who discontinues the business shall, within
five days of discontinuance, return to the department all
[temporary] registration cards and plates in the agent's
possession. The department shall make appropriate refunds
under paragraph (3).
(2) An agent whose contract has been terminated shall
surrender all registration cards and plates in the agent's
possession as directed by the department or its designee.
(3) The fee paid by an agent for a [temporary]
registration plate shall be refunded to the agent upon the
return of the plate if the plate is accompanied by the
appropriate form provided by the department except when the
contract to operate as an agent is terminated. The department
shall deduct $25 from the refund to cover processing of the
request for refund.
(c) Seizure of registration plates.--Designated department
employees and designees of the department may seize [temporary]
registration plates and related documents from a messenger or
agent who does not have a contract with the department to
provide agent services.
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Section 5. Section 9024(b) of Title 75, added July 17, 2024
(P.L.917, No.85), is amended to read:
§ 9024. Electric vehicle road user charge.
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(b) New [or temporary] vehicle registration.--New [or
temporary] registration for an electric vehicle or plug-in
hybrid electric vehicle issued on or after the effective date of
this subsection shall be subject to the electric vehicle road
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user charge imposed under subsection (a). The Department of
Transportation shall send a form to the owner or registrant for
the payment of the electric vehicle road user charge for the
initial registration consistent with Chapter 13.
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Section 6. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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