Pennsylvania HB 2219: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for display of registration plate, for antique, classic and collectible plates, for personal organization registration plates, providing for arts registration plate, for Fish PA plate and for mental health registration plate, further providing for special plates for current members of the armed forces of the United States, for Gold Star Family plate and for special plates for recipients of Presidential Service Badge, providing for special plates for recipients of Vice Presidential Service Badge, for special plates for recipients of commendation medals and for special plates for recipients of achievement medals; in fees, further providing for payments to special funds; and, in miscellaneous provisions relating to offenses in general, further providing for the offense of use of registration plate flipping device.

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2913, 3612 PRINTER'S NO. 3743
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2219
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY McNEILL, WAXMAN, GIRAL, HOHENSTEIN, HILL-EVANS,
BRENNAN, DOUGHERTY, SAMUELSON, MADDEN, KUZMA, CIRESI AND
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FEBRUARY 13, 2026
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 30, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
display of registration plate, for antique, classic and
collectible plates, for personal organization registration
plates, providing for arts registration plate, for Fish PA
plate and for mental health registration plate, further
providing for special plates for current members of the armed
forces of the United States, for Gold Star Family plate and
for special plates for recipients of Presidential Service
Badge, providing for special plates for recipients of Vice
Presidential Service Badge, for special plates for recipients
of commendation medals and for special plates for recipients
of achievement medals; in fees, further providing for
payments to special funds; AND, in miscellaneous provisions
relating to offenses in general, further providing for the
offense of use of registration plate flipping device; and, in
powers of department and local authorities, further providing
for specific powers of department and local authorities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1332 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 1332. Display of registration plate.
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(c.1) Prohibition on similar citations.--A person may not be
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charged with a violation of section 3724 (relating to use of
registration plate obscuring device) concurrently with a
violation of subsection (b) for an offense committed at the same
time and place.
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Section 2. Section 1340(a.1) of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 1340. Antique, classic and collectible plates.
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(a.1) Vintage registration plates.--In lieu of a special
plate issued under subsection (a), the owner of an antique or
classic motor vehicle may request permission from the department
to display a vintage registration plate from the model year of
the motor vehicle. The vintage registration plate shall be:
(1) Provided by the motor vehicle owner.
(2) A Pennsylvania registration plate issued between the
years 1906 and [1976] 1999, or a later year as determined by
the department.
(3) Legible from a reasonable distance.
The applicant shall provide information as the department may
require for processing the request and a $75 application fee.
The department may deny a request to use a vintage registration
plate for cause.
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Section 3. Section 1341.1(b) of Title 75 is amended by
adding a paragraph to read:
§ 1341.1. Personal organization registration plates.
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(b) Additional fee.--
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(3) For any personal plate issued under section 1365
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(relating to Gold Star Family plate), the department may not
collect an additional fee.
Section 4. Title 75 is amended by adding sections to read:
§ 1352.3. Arts registration plate.
The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts, shall design a special arts registration plate.
Upon application of any person, accompanied by a fee of $43,
which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee, the
department shall issue the plate for a passenger car, motor
home, trailer or truck with a registered gross weight of not
more than 14,000 pounds. The Arts Promotion Fund established in
section 1905(e) (relating to payments to special funds) shall
receive $15 of the fee paid by the applicant for the plate.
§ 1355.3. Fish PA plate.
(a) Design.--
(1) No later than 60 days after the effective date of
this section, the department, in consultation with the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, shall offer a public
design contest to school entity and nonpublic school students
in kindergarten through fifth grade in this Commonwealth for
a period of 60 days after the initial offering of the design
contest. The purpose of the design contest shall be to
solicit entries for a special Fish PA registration plate.
(2) The department, in consultation with the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, shall design a special
Fish PA registration plate that:
(i) is based on the winning entry in the design
contest under paragraph (1);
(ii) includes the phrase "Fish PA"; and
(iii) features the depiction of a brook trout.
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(b) Application.--Upon application by any person and payment
of a $43 fee, which shall be in addition to the registration
fee, the department shall issu