HB 253 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

PRINTER'S NO.   164

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 253
                                                  Session of
                                                    2025

     INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, VITALI, HOHENSTEIN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        SANCHEZ, PIELLI, STEELE, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, OTTEN AND
        KENYATTA, JANUARY 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 17, 2025


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
 3      vehicles exempt from registration.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Section 1302 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
 8   § 1302.    Vehicles exempt from registration.
 9      The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:
10             * * *
11             (24)    Any new or leased motor vehicle, other than a
12      motorcycle and motorized bicycle, with an estimated average
13      miles per gallon for city driving at or above 40 miles per
14      gallon, as determined in accordance with the 2024 Fuel
15      Economy Guide published by the United States Environmental
16      Protection Agency and the United States Department of Energy.
17      The exemption under this paragraph may only apply to the
18      first two years of the vehicle's registration, after which
1     the vehicle shall be treated as the specified vehicle
2     classification as identified by the department.
3     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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