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HB253 • 2025

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
CIRESI
Last action
2025-01-17
Official status
Referred to FINANCE, Jan. 17, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-17 FINANCE

    Referred to FINANCE, Jan. 17, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
PRINTER'S NO. 164
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 253
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, VITALI, HOHENSTEIN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
SANCHEZ, PIELLI, STEELE, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, OTTEN AND
KENYATTA, JANUARY 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
vehicles exempt from registration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1302 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 1302. Vehicles exempt from registration.
The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:
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(24) Any new or leased motor vehicle, other than a
motorcycle and motorized bicycle, with an estimated average
miles per gallon for city driving at or above 40 miles per
gallon, as determined in accordance with the 2024 Fuel
Economy Guide published by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and the United States Department of Energy.
The exemption under this paragraph may only apply to the
first two years of the vehicle's registration, after which
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the vehicle shall be treated as the specified vehicle
classification as identified by the department.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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