HB 68 — An Act limiting assignment of State-owned vehicles.

PRINTER'S NO.   56

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 68
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY ROAE, KEPHART, MARCELL, HAMM, JAMES, KAUFFMAN,
        STAMBAUGH, RAPP, HADDOCK, COOPER, BOROWICZ, FEE, SHAFFER,
        STEHR, SMITH, LAWRENCE, M. MACKENZIE, TWARDZIK, COOK, RADER,
        KERWIN, ZIMMERMAN AND BERNSTINE, JANUARY 14, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 14, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Limiting assignment of State-owned vehicles.
 2      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 3   hereby enacts as follows:
 4   Section 1.     Short title.
 5      This act shall be known and may be cited as the State-Owned
 6   Vehicle Assignment Limitation Act.
 7   Section 2.     Definitions.
 8      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
 9   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
10   context clearly indicates otherwise:
11      "State official."     A member of the General Assembly.
12      "State-owned vehicle."     A vehicle that is owned by the
13   Commonwealth.
14   Section 3.     Limitations on State-owned vehicle leases.
15      (a)   General rule.--Except as provided under subsection (b):
16            (1)   A State official may not be assigned a State-owned
 1      vehicle.
 2            (2)   Commonwealth funds may not be used to lease a
 3      vehicle to or on behalf of a State official.
 4      (b)     Emergency response.--This section shall not apply to a
 5   State official whose official duties require the assignment or
 6   lease of a vehicle for emergency response.
 7   Section 4.     Continued use of vehicles.
 8      (a)     Continued use.--A State official who has been assigned a
 9   State-owned vehicle or a vehicle leased by the Commonwealth
10   before the effective date of this subsection may continue to use
11   the vehicle under the same rules and procedures in effect before
12   the effective date of this subsection until the State official
13   is no longer a member of the General Assembly, relinquishes
14   control of the vehicle back to the Commonwealth or is otherwise
15   no longer eligible to use the vehicle under the rules and
16   procedures in effect before the effective date of this
17   subsection.
18      (b)     Prohibition.--A State official who has been assigned a
19   State-owned vehicle or a vehicle leased by the Commonwealth
20   before the effective date of this subsection may not be assigned
21   a different State-owned vehicle or a vehicle leased by the
22   Commonwealth after the State official ceases using the assigned
23   vehicle.
24   Section 5.     Effective date.
25      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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