KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Pennsylvania

HB1870 • 2025

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
MERSKI
Last action
2025-09-22
Official status
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Sept. 22, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-22 TRANSPORTATION

    Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Sept. 22, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
PRINTER'S NO. 2325
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1870
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, McNEILL, POWELL, HARKINS, GUZMAN, HILL-
EVANS, BOYD, RIVERA, MAYES, HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, GALLAGHER,
CIRESI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SHUSTERMAN, GREEN, GIRAL, BOROWSKI
AND PUGH, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of
persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1901 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 1901. Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
* * *
(c.1) Processing fee in lieu of driver's license fee or
identification card fee.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (3), no fee shall
be charged for the issuance or renewal of a driver's license
or identification card for an individual who is retired and
receiving Social Security or other pension and whose total
annual income does not exceed $29,906, subject to paragraph
(2).
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
(2) Beginning on the first day of January following the
year in which this paragraph takes effect and on each January
1 thereafter, the maximum income amount under paragraph (1)
shall be adjusted annually by the department to reflect the
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers (CPI-U) for the United States, as published by the
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for the previous 12-month period. The adjusted
amount shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The
department shall transmit notice of the new maximum amount to
the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next
available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(3) The department shall charge a processing fee of $12
to cover the cost for each issuance or renewal of a driver's
license or identification card under paragraph (1).
* * *
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250HB1870PN2325 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17