HB 2208 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.

PRINTER'S NO.   2902

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2208
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY KOZAK, KAIL, BERNSTINE, ROAE, WALSH, HAMM AND
        ROWE, FEBRUARY 9, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 9, 2026


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
 3      prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 8   § 4706.    Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
 9                   program.
10      * * *
11      (h.1)    Revised State implementation plan.--
12             (1)   Within 60 days of the effective date of this
13      paragraph, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
14      initiate the process of removing a county of the fourth class
15      with a population between 168,000 and 169,000 based on the
16      most recent Federal decennial census from the enhanced
17      vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program.
18             (2)   The revised State implementation plan shall be
 1    completed and submitted to the United States Environmental
 2    Protection Agency no later than January 1, 2026, and shall
 3    convincingly demonstrate that the county described under
 4    paragraph (1) can maintain the relevant standards without
 5    benefit of the emissions reductions attributable to the
 6    vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program.
 7        (3)   The Department of Environmental Protection shall
 8    comply with Federal law during the process of the revision,
 9    including by ensuring that the revision does not interfere
10    with attainment requirements or reasonable further progress
11    toward attainment, and that Federal funding is not negatively
12    impacted as a result of the revision.
13        (4)   The Department of Environmental Protection shall
14    notify the following of the submission of the revised State
15    implementation plan to the United States Environmental
16    Protection Agency:
17              (i)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
18        Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the
19        Senate.
20              (ii)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
21        Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee
22        of the House of Representatives.
23              (iii)   The chairperson and minority chairperson of
24        the Transportation Committee of the Senate.
25              (iv)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
26        Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
27        (5)   After approval by the United States Environmental
28    Protection Agency of the revised State implementation plan,
29    the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall transmit
30    notice of the approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau

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1     for publication in the next available issue of the
2     Pennsylvania Bulletin.
3     * * *
4     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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