HB 1870 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

PRINTER'S NO.   2325

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 1870
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, McNEILL, POWELL, HARKINS, GUZMAN, HILL-
        EVANS, BOYD, RIVERA, MAYES, HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, GALLAGHER,
        CIRESI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SHUSTERMAN, GREEN, GIRAL, BOROWSKI
        AND PUGH, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in fees, further providing for exemption of
 3      persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 1901 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 8   § 1901.    Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
 9      * * *
10      (c.1)    Processing fee in lieu of driver's license fee or
11   identification card fee.--
12             (1)   Except as provided under paragraph (3), no fee shall
13      be charged for the issuance or renewal of a driver's license
14      or identification card for an individual who is retired and
15      receiving Social Security or other pension and whose total
16      annual income does not exceed $29,906, subject to paragraph
17      (2).
 1        (2)   Beginning on the first day of January following the
 2    year in which this paragraph takes effect and on each January
 3    1 thereafter, the maximum income amount under paragraph (1)
 4    shall be adjusted annually by the department to reflect the
 5    percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
 6    Consumers (CPI-U) for the United States, as published by the
 7    United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
 8    Statistics, for the previous 12-month period. The adjusted
 9    amount shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The
10    department shall transmit notice of the new maximum amount to
11    the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next
12    available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
13        (3)   The department shall charge a processing fee of $12
14    to cover the cost for each issuance or renewal of a driver's
15    license or identification card under paragraph (1).
16    * * *
17    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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