Pennsylvania HB 2210: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in registration of vehicles, further providing for issuance of registration card, for registration card to be signed and exhibited on demand and for acknowledgment of littering provisions.

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2904 PRINTER'S NO. 3054
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2210
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY GUZMAN, RIVERA, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, HANBIDGE,
ABNEY, VENKAT, BURGOS, GOUGHNOUR, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FLEMING,
SANCHEZ, MAYES, INGLIS AND CIRESI, FEBRUARY 9, 2026
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 23, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for
definitions; and, in registration of vehicles, further
providing for issuance of registration card and, for
registration card to be signed and exhibited on demand. AND
FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LITTERING PROVISIONS.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
§ 102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
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"Electronic REGISTRATION product." An electronic extension
of the department-issued physical product that conveys the
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authority for a vehicle to operate on a highway.
"Electronic REGISTRATION product device." A computer,
tablet, smart phone or other electronic personal device used by
an electronic product holder to access or display an electronic
REGISTRATION product.
"Electronic registration card." An electronic representation
of a physical registration card, including a digital photograph
of a valid registration card, that is viewable on an electronic
REGISTRATION product device. An electronic registration card
shall be considered the same as a physical registration card
issued by the department.
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Section 2. Sections 1308(a) and 1311, 1311 AND 1317 of Title
75 are amended to read:
§ 1308. Issuance of registration card.
(a) General rule.--The department, upon registering a
vehicle, shall issue to the registrant a physical registration
card or electronic registration card which shall contain the
registration number assigned to the vehicle, the name and
address of the registrant and the name of the owner, if other
than the registrant, a description of the vehicle including the
vehicle identification number, the expiration date and such
other information as may be determined by the department.
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§ 1311. Registration card to be signed and exhibited on demand.
(a) Signing card.--Upon receiving the physical registration
card or any duplicate, the registrant shall sign his name in the
space provided.
(b) Carrying and exhibiting card.--Every registration card
shall, at all times while the vehicle is being operated upon a
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highway, be in the possession of the person driving or in
control of the vehicle or carried in the vehicle and shall be
exhibited upon demand of any police officer.
(c) Production to avoid penalty.--No person shall be
convicted of violating this section or section 1301 (relating to
driving unregistered vehicle prohibited) if the person produces
at the office of the issuing authority or at the office of the
arresting police officer within five days of the violation, a
physical registration card or electronic registration card valid
in this Commonwealth at the time of the arrest.
(d) Surrender of electronic REGISTRATION product device not
required.--
(1) A statute or regulation that requires an individual
to surrender a registration card to a police officer shall
not apply to an electronic REGISTRATION product device.
(2) If an individual chooses to surrender an electronic
REGISTRATION product device to a police officer who
inadvertently causes damage to the electronic REGISTRATION
PRODUCT device, the police officer shall not be liable for
the damage to the electronic REGISTRATION product device.
(e) Privacy of information on electronic product device.--
(1) If a registrant exhibits an electronic registration
card upon demand by a police officer under this section, the
police officer may review the electronic registration card
using the electronic product device.
(2) If a police officer inadvertently reviews
information on an electronic product device that is not
related to an electronic registration card, the inadvertently
reviewed information may not be used as evidence in a civil
or criminal trial.
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(E) PRIVACY OF INFORMATION ON ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
PRODUCT DEVICE.--
(1) IF A REGISTRANT EXHIBITS AN ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
CARD UPON DEMAND BY A LAW EN