HB 2272 — 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.   2972

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2272
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY WALSH, HAMM AND WATRO, MARCH 9, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 10, 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 after the effective date of this
13      paragraph, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
14      initiate the process to remove a county of the third class
15      that has a population of not less than 215,000 and not more
16      than 216,000 as determined under the most recent Federal
17      decennial census from the enhanced vehicle emission
18      inspection program.
19             (2)   No later than January 1, 2027, the Department of
 1    Environmental Protection shall complete and submit the
 2    revised State implementation plan to the United States
 3    Environmental Protection Agency. The revised State
 4    implementation plan shall convincingly demonstrate that the
 5    county under paragraph (1) can maintain the applicable
 6    Federal air quality standards without the emissions
 7    reductions attributable to the enhanced vehicle emission
 8    inspection program.
 9        (3)   In revising the State implementation plan under this
10    subsection, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
11    comply with Federal law and shall ensure that the revision
12    will not interfere with attainment of the applicable Federal
13    air quality standards or reasonable further progress toward
14    attainment and will not adversely affect Federal funding.
15        (4)   Upon submission of the revised State implementation
16    plan to the United States Environmental Protection Agency
17    under paragraph (2), the Department of Environmental
18    Protection shall notify all of the following:
19              (i)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
20        Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the
21        Senate.
22              (ii)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
23        Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee
24        of the House of Representatives.
25              (iii)   The chairperson and minority chairperson of
26        the Transportation Committee of the Senate.
27              (iv)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
28        Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
29        (5)   Upon approval by the United States Environmental
30    Protection Agency of the revised State implementation plan,

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1     the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall transmit
2     notice of the approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau
3     for publication in the next available issue of the
4     Pennsylvania Bulletin.
5     * * *
6     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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