SB 35 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
Latest action: — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Feb. 4, 2025
Sponsors
- Wayne Langerholc (R, PA-35) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Elder A. Vogel (R, PA-47) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Lisa Baker (R, PA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 22, 2025
- · senate — Reported as amended, Jan. 28, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, Jan. 28, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, Jan. 29, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Jan. 29, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, Jan. 29, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 3, 2025 (27-21)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Feb. 4, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 97), Feb. 3, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 100
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 35
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, VOGEL, J. WARD, BROOKS, PENNYCUICK,
HUTCHINSON, BAKER AND STEFANO, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
3 prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
9 program.
10 * * *
11 (h.1) Revised State implementation plan.--
12 (1) Within 60 days of the effective date of this
13 paragraph, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
14 initiate the process of removing the following counties from
15 the enhanced vehicle emission inspection and maintenance
16 program:
17 (i) A county of the third class with a population
18 between 215,000 and 216,000 based on the most recent
1 Federal decennial census.
2 (ii) A county of the third class with a population
3 between 325,000 and 326,000 based on the most recent
4 Federal decennial census.
5 (iii) A county of the third class with a population
6 between 354,000 and 355,000 based on the most recent
7 Federal decennial census.
8 (iv) A county of the fourth class with a population
9 between 133,000 and 134,000 based on the most recent
10 Federal decennial census.
11 (v) A county of the fifth class with a population
12 between 122,000 and 123,000 based on the most recent
13 Federal decennial census.
14 (vi) A county of the fifth class with a population
15 between 114,000 and 115,000 based on the most recent
16 Federal decennial census.
17 (vii) A county of the fifth class with a population
18 between 110,000 and 111,000 based on the most recent
19 Federal decennial census.
20 (2) The revised State implementation plan shall be
21 completed and submitted to the United States Environmental
22 Protection Agency no later than January 1, 2026, and shall
23 demonstrate that the counties listed under paragraph (1) can
24 maintain the relevant standards without benefit of the
25 emissions reductions attributable to the vehicle emission
26 inspection and maintenance program.
27 (3) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
28 comply with Federal law during the process of the revision,
29 including by ensuring that the revision will not interfere
30 with attainment requirements or reasonable further progress
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1 toward attainment, and that Federal funding is not negatively
2 impacted as a result of the revision.
3 (4) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
4 notify the following of its submission of the revised State
5 implementation plan to the United States Environmental
6 Protection Agency:
7 (i) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
8 Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the
9 Senate.
10 (ii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
11 Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House
12 of Representatives.
13 (iii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of
14 the Transportation Committee of the Senate.
15 (iv) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
16 Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
17 (5) Upon approval by the United States Environmental
18 Protection Agency of the revised State implementation plan,
19 the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall transmit
20 notice of the approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau
21 for publication in the next available issue of the
22 Pennsylvania Bulletin.
23 * * *
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (3)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Langerholc (R, state_upper PA-35) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Elder A. Vogel (R, state_upper PA-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Lisa Baker (R, state_upper PA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lynda Schlegel Culver (R, state_upper PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee · pa-leg