HB 2233 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.

PRINTER'S NO.     2926

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2233
                                                  Session of
                                                    2026

     INTRODUCED BY BRENNAN, FREEMAN, HAMM, PROBST, HARKINS, SANCHEZ,
        ZIMMERMAN, HADDOCK, HILL-EVANS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MADDEN AND
        WARREN, FEBRUARY 19, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 20, 2026


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
 3      vehicles exempt from registration.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Section 1302(23) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
 8   adding a paragraph to read:
 9   § 1302.    Vehicles exempt from registration.
10      The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:
11             * * *
12             (23)    Any all-terrain vehicle exempt from registration
13      under Chapter 77 (relating to snowmobiles and all-terrain
14      vehicles) and operated as an emergency vehicle by a police or
15      fire department or emergency medical services agency when the
16      vehicle does not travel on public highways in excess of [two]
17      ten miles and is primarily for off-highway use and only
18      operated incidentally upon the highway. An all-terrain
 1    vehicle so operated shall comply with section 4571 (visual
 2    and audible signals on emergency vehicles). Notwithstanding
 3    the requirements of section 4571, an all-terrain vehicle
 4    operated under this paragraph is not required to be equipped
 5    with an audible warning system. An operator of an all-terrain
 6    vehicle under this paragraph who acts in good faith and
 7    within the scope of the operator's official duties shall be
 8    entitled to the same protections from liability as apply to
 9    operators of authorized emergency vehicles under this title.
10        (24)     Any all-terrain vehicle exempt from registration
11    under Chapter 77 and operated as an emergency vehicle by a
12    police or fire department or emergency medical services
13    agency on streets closed or restricted for special events as
14    provided under section 6109(a)(15) (relating to specific
15    powers of department and local authorities). An all-terrain
16    vehicle operated under this paragraph shall comply with
17    section 4571. Notwithstanding the requirements of section
18    4571, an all-terrain vehicle operated under this paragraph is
19    not required to be equipped with an audible warning system.
20    An operator of an all-terrain vehicle under this paragraph
21    who acts in good faith and within the scope of the operator's
22    official duties shall be entitled to the same protections
23    from liability as apply to operators of authorized emergency
24    vehicles under this title.
25    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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