An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.

PRINTER'S NO. 2972
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2272
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY WALSH, HAMM AND WATRO, MARCH 9, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 10, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
program.
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(h.1) Revised State implementation plan.--
(1) Within 60 days after the effective date of this
paragraph, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
initiate the process to remove a county of the third class
that has a population of not less than 215,000 and not more
than 216,000 as determined under the most recent Federal
decennial census from the enhanced vehicle emission
inspection program.
(2) No later than January 1, 2027, the Department of
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Environmental Protection shall complete and submit the
revised State implementation plan to the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. The revised State
implementation plan shall convincingly demonstrate that the
county under paragraph (1) can maintain the applicable
Federal air quality standards without the emissions
reductions attributable to the enhanced vehicle emission
inspection program.
(3) In revising the State implementation plan under this
subsection, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
comply with Federal law and shall ensure that the revision
will not interfere with attainment of the applicable Federal
air quality standards or reasonable further progress toward
attainment and will not adversely affect Federal funding.
(4) Upon submission of the revised State implementation
plan to the United States Environmental Protection Agency
under paragraph (2), the Department of Environmental
Protection shall notify all of the following:
(i) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the
Senate.
(ii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee
of the House of Representatives.
(iii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Transportation Committee of the Senate.
(iv) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
(5) Upon approval by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency of the revised State implementation plan,
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the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall transmit
notice of the approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau
for publication in the next available issue of the
Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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