Pennsylvania HB 1008: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for renewal of registration.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1095
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1008
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, PROBST, GIRAL, HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ, KENYATTA,
MERSKI, VENKAT, RABB, SCHLOSSBERG, HADDOCK, CURRY, CERRATO,
PARKER, DONAHUE AND CIRESI, MARCH 24, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 24, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
renewal of registration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1309 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1309. Renewal of registration.
At least 60 days prior to the expiration of each
registration, the department shall send to the registrant an
application for renewal of registration[.], along with a text
message or email, if the department has the necessary
information to enable that communication, notifying the
registrant of the expiration date of the registration. The
telephone number or email address shall be voluntarily provided
to the department, and the department may not provide this
information to third parties. The text message or email shall be
sent once each week until the registration has been renewed.
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Upon return of the application, accompanied by self-
certification of financial responsibility and the applicable fee
or fees, the department shall send to the registrant a renewed
registration card. An application for renewal of registration
for a motor carrier vehicle shall also be accompanied by self-
certification of current safety inspection. Failure to receive a
renewal application shall not relieve a registrant from the
responsibility to renew the registration.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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