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HB767 • 2025

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Gadsden flag plate.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Gadsden flag plate.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
KERWIN
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, March 3, 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, providing for Gadsden flag plate.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Gadsden flag plate.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Gadsden flag plate.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 TRANSPORTATION

    Referred to TRANSPORTATION, March 3, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Gadsden flag plate.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
PRINTER'S NO. 791
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 767
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KERWIN, ANDERSON, COOK, DIAMOND, GILLEN, GROVE,
HAMM, KAUFFMAN, SMITH, STAMBAUGH AND ROWE, MARCH 3, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 3, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Gadsden
flag plate.
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 a section to read:
§ 1369.5. Gadsden flag plate.
(a) Application and payment.--Upon application of any
person, accompanied by a fee of $26 which shall be in addition
to the annual registration fee, the department shall issue to
the person a special Gadsden flag registration plate. The
special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car
or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000
pounds or a motorcycle.
(b) Description of plate.--The plate shall include a
depiction of the Gadsden flag with the words "Don't Tread On
Me." The flag shall be yellow and contain the depiction of a
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coiled timber rattlesnake.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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