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PRINTER'S NO. 394
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 419
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SCHLEGEL, SOLOMON, VENKAT, KAUFFMAN, FREEMAN AND
ROWE, JANUARY 30, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for special
plates for recipients of commendation medals and for special
plates for recipients of achievement medals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:
§ 1369.5. Special plates for recipients of commendation medals.
(a) Issuance.--Upon application of a person who is a
recipient of the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army
Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal,
Air and Space Commendation Medal or Coast Guard Commendation
Medal, accompanied by a fee of $26 which shall be in addition to
the registration fee and any documentation the department
requires, the department shall issue to the person a special
registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed as
belonging to a person who is a recipient of the Joint Service
Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine
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Corps Commendation Medal, Air and Space Commendation Medal or
Coast Guard Commendation Medal.
(b) Limitation.--A special registration plate under this
section may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a
registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.
(c) Design.--The department shall design and produce the
special registration plate under this section to display the
Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Navy
and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Air and Space Commendation
Medal or Coast Guard Commendation Medal and the words "Joint
Service Commendation Medal," "Army Commendation Medal," "Navy
and Marine Corps Commendation Medal," "Air and Space
Commendation Medal" or "Coast Guard Commendation Medal" at the
bottom of each plate.
§ 1369.6. Special plates for recipients of achievement medals.
(a) Issuance.--Upon application of a person who is a
recipient of the Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army
Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Air
and Space Achievement Medal or Coast Guard Achievement Medal,
accompanied by a fee of $26 which shall be in addition to the
registration fee and any documentation the department requires,
the department shall issue to the person a special registration
plate designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a
person who is a recipient of the Joint Service Achievement
Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
Medal, Air and Space Achievement Medal or Coast Guard
Achievement Medal.
(b) Limitation.--A special registration plate under this
section may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a
registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.
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(c) Design.--The department shall design and produce the
special registration plate under this section to display the
Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Navy
and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Air and Space Achievement
Medal or Coast Guard Achievement Medal and the words "Joint
Service Achievement Medal," "Army Achievement Medal," "Navy and
Marine Corps Achievement Medal," "Air and Space Achievement
Medal" or "Coast Guard Achievement Medal" at the bottom of each
plate.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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