HB 547 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminated signs.

PRINTER'S NO.   548

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 547
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY STRUZZI, GILLEN, KENYATTA, M. MACKENZIE AND SMITH,
        FEBRUARY 11, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, FEBRUARY 11, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in lighting equipment, further providing for use
 3      and display of illuminated signs.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 4307(c.1) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 4307.    Use and display of illuminated signs.
 9      * * *
10      (c.1)    Transportation network company driver.--
11             (1)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
12      regulation to the contrary, but subject to 53 Pa.C.S. § 57A01
13      (relating to definitions), a [Transportation Network Company
14      Driver] transportation network company driver may display an
15      illuminated sign provided by a [Transportation Network
16      Company] transportation network company within the interior
17      of [his or her] the driver's vehicle so long as [such] the
18      sign is approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility
 1    Commission or the Philadelphia Parking Authority, as
 2    applicable. The [Transportation Network Company shall]
 3    transportation network company must file the illuminated sign
 4    with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for review
 5    and approval. If the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
 6    does not approve the illuminated sign, the Philadelphia
 7    Parking Authority may approve the illuminated sign within
 8    their jurisdiction, after the [Transportation Network
 9    Company] transportation network company files the illuminated
10    sign with the Philadelphia Parking Authority for review and
11    approval. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the
12    Philadelphia Parking Authority shall each have 15 business
13    days to review the illuminated sign, as applicable.
14        (2)   An illuminated sign authorized under paragraph (1)
15    may not use blue illumination or substantially mimic lights
16    authorized on vehicles under section 4572(a) (relating to
17    visual signals on authorized vehicles).
18    * * *
19    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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