Pennsylvania HB 2396: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing for work-related hazardous duty.

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PRINTER'S NO. 3216
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2396
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, MARCELL, MIHALEK, LABS, PUGH, FLOOD, HAMM,
COOPER, ROWE, SMITH, WEAKNECHT, SCHEUREN AND T. JONES,
APRIL 15, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 16, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for consumer fuel price relief.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 90A
CONSUMER FUEL PRICE RELIEF
Sec.
90A01. Scope of chapter.
90A02. Consumer fuel price relief.
90A03. Revenue loss estimate.
90A04. Transfer required.
90A05. Fuel sale price reduction.
§ 90A01. Scope of chapter.
This chapter provides for consumer fuel price relief.
§ 90A02. Consumer fuel price relief.
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(a) Reduction.--Notwithstanding Chapters 90 (relating to
liquid fuels and fuels tax) and 95 (relating to taxes for
highway maintenance and construction) or other law to the
contrary, the following taxes and fees shall be reduced at the
rates and amounts imposed as follows:
(1) Beginning with the first day of the first full month
after the effective date of this paragraph and ending on the
first day after the end of the sixth full month after the
effective date of this paragraph, 100% of the taxes imposed
under section 9004(b) and (d) (relating to imposition of tax,
exemptions and deductions).
(2) Beginning with the first day of the first full month
after the effective date of this paragraph and ending on the
first day after the end of the 12th full month after the
effective date of this paragraph, 50% of the fee imposed
under section 9024 (relating to electric vehicle road user
charge).
(b) Applicability.--The reduction under subsection (a) shall
apply to:
(1) liquid fuels, fuels and alternative fuels used or
delivered within this Commonwealth for the period under
subsection (a)(1); and
(2) new vehicle registrations or vehicle registration
renewals during the period beginning under subsection (a)(2).
§ 90A03. Revenue loss estimate.
The Department of Revenue shall, in consultation with the
Department of Transportation, provide to the Office of the
Budget and the General Assembly not later than three months
before the end of the six-month period under section 90A02(b)(1)
(relating to consumer fuel price relief) the estimated loss in
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revenue due to the reduction under section 90A02.
§ 90A04. Transfer required.
(a) Certification.--No later than 30 days after receipt of
the estimated loss in revenue under section 90A03 (relating to
revenue loss estimate), the Office of the Budget shall certify
the amount and notify the State Treasurer of the certified
amount.
(b) Transfer.--No later than 60 days after receipt of the
certified estimate under subsection (a), the State Treasurer
shall transfer an amount equal to the estimate from the Budget
Stabilization Reserve Fund to the Motor License Fund or any
other fund or account authorized by law to receive revenue from
the taxes imposed under section 9004(b) and (d) (relating to
imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions) or the fee imposed
under section 9024 (relating to electric vehicle road user
charge).
(c) Applicability.--Section 1703-A of the act of April 9,
1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, shall not
apply to transfers made from the Budget Stabilization Reserve
Fund under this section.
§ 90A05. Fuel sale price reduction.
(a) Reduction required.--A dealer or alternative fuel dealer
that sells fuels, liquid fuels or alternative fuels for a six-
month period beginning on the effective date of this subsection
to consumers under the tax reduction authorized under section
90A02(a)(1) (relating to consumer fuel price relief):
(1) may not include in the sale price to the consumers
the cost of the tax amount under section 9004(b) and (d)
(relating to imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions);
and
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(2) shall pass on the reduced costs realized by the
dealer or alternative fuel dealer from the tax reduction
under section 90A02(a)(1) in the sale price to the consumers.
(b) Policy and guidelines.--The Department of Revenue shall
develop policies and guidelines to assist dealers and
alternative fuel dealers with compliance with subsection (a).
(c) Authority of Attorney General and district attorneys.--A
violation of subsection (a) shall constitute a violation of the
act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair
Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. The Office of
Attorney General or the appropriate district attorney shall have
all powers and duties under the Unfair Trade Practices and
Consumer Protecti