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HB297 • 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
STAMBAUGH
Last action
2025-01-23
Official status
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 23, 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.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-23 TRANSPORTATION

    Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 23, 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

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PRINTER'S NO. 241
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 297
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, HAMM, STENDER, KUZMA, TWARDZIK AND
ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 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(23) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section 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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(23) Any all-terrain vehicle exempt from registration
under Chapter 77 (relating to snowmobiles and all-terrain
vehicles) and operated as an emergency vehicle by a police or
fire department or emergency medical services agency when the
vehicle does not travel on public highways in excess of two
miles and is primarily for off-highway use and only operated
incidentally upon [the highway] a highway in a county of the
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first class, a county of the second class, a county of the
second class A or a county of the third class. An all-terrain
vehicle so operated shall comply with section 4571 (visual
and audible signals on emergency vehicles).
(24) Any all-terrain vehicle exempt from registration
under Chapter 77 and operated as an emergency vehicle by a
police or fire department or emergency medical services
agency when the vehicle does not travel on public highways in
excess of 15 miles and is primarily for off-highway use and
only operated incidentally upon a highway in a county of the
fourth class, a county of the fifth class, a county of the
sixth class, a county of the seventh class or a county of the
eighth class. An all-terrain vehicle so operated shall comply
with section 4571.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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