An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for person with disability plate and placard.

PRINTER'S NO. 3567
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2615
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, OLSOMMER, HAMM, JAMES, WATRO, MENTZER,
ROWE, WARREN AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 8, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 9, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
person with disability plate and placard.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1338(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 1338. Person with disability plate and placard.
(a) Person with disability plate.--On the application of any
person who:
(1) is blind;
(2) does not have full use of an arm or both arms;
(3) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;
(4) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from,
a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device,
wheelchair or other assistive device;
(5) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that
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the person's forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one
second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter
or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room
air at rest;
(6) uses portable oxygen;
(7) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the
person's functional limitations are classified in severity as
Class III or Class IV according to the standards set by the
American Heart Association;
(8) is severely limited in his or her ability to walk
due to an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition;
(9) is a person in loco parentis of a person specified
in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8);
(10) is the parent, including adoptive parent or foster
parent, of a child or adult child provided that the person
has custody, care or control of the child or adult child and
the child or adult child satisfies paragraph (1), (2), (3),
(4), (5), (6), (7) or (8); or
(11) is the spouse of a person specified in paragraph
(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8);
the department shall issue a special registration plate [for one
passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
more than 14,000 pounds, designating the vehicle so licensed as
being used by a person with a disability. Special plates for
persons with disabilities may also be issued for vehicles
operated exclusively for the use and benefit of persons with
disabilities. In the case of a motorcycle, the department shall
issue a decal containing the international symbol for access for
persons with disabilities for display on the registration
plate.] as provided under subsection (a.1).
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(a.1) Issuance.--
(1) The department shall issue a special registration
plate to an applicant who meets the criteria under subsection
(a) for a passenger car or truck with a registered gross
weight of not more than 14,000 pounds, designating the
vehicle so licensed as being used by a person with a
disability. Special plates for persons with disabilities may
also be issued for vehicles operated exclusively for the use
and benefit of persons with disabilities. In the case of a
motorcycle, the department shall issue a decal containing the
international symbol for access for persons with disabilities
for display on the registration plate.
(2) The department may issue no more than two special
registration plates to an applicant for up to two vehicles
registered to the applicant that meet the criteria under
paragraph (1).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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