HB 1591 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, providing for private parking lots.

PRINTER'S NO.   1900

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1591
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        GALLAGHER AND D. WILLIAMS, JUNE 10, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 11, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in rules of the road in general, providing for
 3      private parking lots.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 7   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 8   § 3356.   Private parking lots.
 9      (a)    Generally.--The owner or operator of a private parking
10   lot or an agent may establish rules and rates that govern the
11   parking of vehicles on the owner's private parking lot. Rules
12   and rates may include fees or charges for violating the property
13   owner's or operator's rules.
14      (b)    Signage.--The owner or operator of a private parking lot
15   or an agent shall place signage that is legible and clearly
16   visible to individuals entering the area of the private parking
17   lot. The signage shall state that the private parking lot is not
18   operated by a governmental entity and list the rates for parking
 1   charges and for fees for violating the rules of the property
 2   owner or operator.
 3      (c)   Invoices.--An invoice for unpaid parking charges and
 4   fees for violating the rules of the property owner or operator
 5   of a private parking lot shall be placed on the vehicle in a
 6   prominent location or mailed to the registered owner of the
 7   vehicle within 10 business days of the violation.
 8      (d)   Limited informational access.--
 9            (1)   An owner or operator of a private parking lot or an
10      agent may, upon the filing of an affidavit certifying the
11      intended use of records and the execution of a contract in a
12      form and manner prescribed by the department, obtain records
13      from the department limited to the name and mailing address
14      of a registration plate issued under section 1331 (relating
15      to issuance and reissuance of registration plates).
16            (2)   The affidavit of intended use and contract executed
17      between a private parking lot owner or operator or an agent
18      and the department shall specify that access to records shall
19      be solely for the purpose of obtaining the name and mailing
20      address of the registrant of a vehicle which has parked an
21      unattended vehicle on the owner's or operator's private
22      parking lot and for the purpose of mailing the registrant an
23      invoice for unpaid parking charges and fees for violating the
24      rules of the private parking lot.
25            (3)   The owner or operator of a private parking lot or an
26      agent, in compliance with this section, shall obtain the
27      records from the department via computer access.
28            (4)   Access to registered motor vehicle owner information
29      by an owner or operator of a private parking lot or an agent
30      shall not be considered a sale, publication or disclosure of

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 1      a driving record under section 6114(a) (relating to
 2      limitation on sale, publication and disclosure of records)
 3      and shall be considered a permissible use authorized under 18
 4      U.S.C. § 2721(b)(14) (relating to prohibition on release and
 5      use of certain personal information from State motor vehicle
 6      records).
 7      (e)   Fees.--The department may charge a reasonable fee for
 8   each record request. The following shall apply to the fee for
 9   each record request:
10            (1)    The fee may not exceed $2 in the calendar year of
11      the effective date of this paragraph and the calendar year
12      following the effective date of this paragraph.
13            (2)    The department shall have the following duties:
14                   (i)    Determine the percentage increase in the
15            Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the
16            period beginning January 1 of the calendar year of the
17            effective date of this paragraph and ending December 31
18            of the calendar year following the effective date of this
19            paragraph.
20                   (ii)    Apply, as of July 1 of each calendar year in
21            which an increase was calculated under subparagraph (i),
22            the increase calculated under subparagraph (i) to the
23            fee.
24                   (iii)    Determine the percentage increase in the
25            Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for each
26            subsequent 12-month period and apply the increase
27            calculated under this subparagraph to the fee.
28            (3)    The department shall round the adjustments to the
29      fee under paragraph (2) to the nearest multiple of $1.
30      (f)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following

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1   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
2   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
3      "Agent."   An individual or entity designated in writing by
4   the owner or operator of a private parking lot to carry out some
5   or all of the duties detailed in this section.
6      "Private parking lot."   The term shall have the same meaning
7   given to it under section 3353(b)(2) (relating to prohibitions
8   in specified places).
9      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 21 months.




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