HB 2210 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in registration of vehicles, further providing for issuance of registration card, for registration card to be signed and exhibited on demand and for acknowledgment of littering provisions.

PRINTER'S NO.   2904

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2210
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY GUZMAN, RIVERA, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, HANBIDGE,
        ABNEY, VENKAT, BURGOS, GOUGHNOUR, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FLEMING,
        SANCHEZ AND MAYES, FEBRUARY 9, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 11, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for
 3      definitions; and, in registration of vehicles, further
 4      providing for issuance of registration card and for
 5      registration card to be signed and exhibited on demand.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    Section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 9   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
10   § 102.   Definitions.
11      Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
12   provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
13   provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
14   used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
15   indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
16      * * *
17      "Electronic product."    An electronic extension of the
18   department-issued physical product that conveys the authority
19   for a vehicle to operate on a highway.
 1      "Electronic product device."     A computer, tablet, smart phone
 2   or other electronic personal device used by an electronic
 3   product holder to access or display an electronic product.
 4      "Electronic registration card."      An electronic representation
 5   of a physical registration card, including a digital photograph
 6   of a valid registration card, that is viewable on an electronic
 7   product device. An electronic registration card shall be
 8   considered the same as a physical registration card issued by
 9   the department.
10      * * *
11      Section 2.     Sections 1308(a) and 1311 of Title 75 are amended
12   to read:
13   § 1308.    Issuance of registration card.
14      (a)     General rule.--The department, upon registering a
15   vehicle, shall issue to the registrant a physical registration
16   card or electronic registration card which shall contain the
17   registration number assigned to the vehicle, the name and
18   address of the registrant and the name of the owner, if other
19   than the registrant, a description of the vehicle including the
20   vehicle identification number, the expiration date and such
21   other information as may be determined by the department.
22      * * *
23   § 1311.    Registration card to be signed and exhibited on demand.
24      (a)     Signing card.--Upon receiving the physical registration
25   card or any duplicate, the registrant shall sign his name in the
26   space provided.
27      (b)     Carrying and exhibiting card.--Every registration card
28   shall, at all times while the vehicle is being operated upon a
29   highway, be in the possession of the person driving or in
30   control of the vehicle or carried in the vehicle and shall be

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 1   exhibited upon demand of any police officer.
 2      (c)   Production to avoid penalty.--No person shall be
 3   convicted of violating this section or section 1301 (relating to
 4   driving unregistered vehicle prohibited) if the person produces
 5   at the office of the issuing authority or at the office of the
 6   arresting police officer within five days of the violation, a
 7   physical registration card or electronic registration card valid
 8   in this Commonwealth at the time of the arrest.
 9      (d)   Surrender of electronic product device not required.--
10            (1)   A statute or regulation that requires an individual
11      to surrender a registration card to a police officer shall
12      not apply to an electronic product device.
13            (2)   If an individual chooses to surrender an electronic
14      product device to a police officer who inadvertently causes
15      damage to the electronic device, the police officer shall not
16      be liable for the damage to the electronic product device.
17      (e)   Privacy of information on electronic product device.--
18            (1)   If a registrant exhibits an electronic registration
19      card upon demand by a police officer under this section, the
20      police officer may review the electronic registration card
21      using the electronic product device.
22            (2)   If a police officer inadvertently reviews
23      information on an electronic product device that is not
24      related to an electronic registration card, the inadvertently
25      reviewed information may not be used as evidence in a civil
26      or criminal trial.
27      (f)   Immunity.--If a registrant chooses to exhibit an
28   electronic registration card or electronic product device under
29   this title, the individual viewing the electronic registration
30   card in good faith for a purpose under this title shall be

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 1   immune from any civil or criminal liability that arises from the
 2   registrant's choice, including:
 3          (1)   The inadvertent viewing of information on the
 4      electronic product device other than the electronic
 5      registration card.
 6          (2)   The inadvertent deletion of information from the
 7      electronic product device.
 8          (3)   The inadvertent interception of a communication
 9      while in possession of the electronic product device.
10          (4)   Any breakage that may occur to the electronic
11      product device.
12      Section 3.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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