HB 2396 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for consumer fuel price relief.

PRINTER'S NO.   3216

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2396
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, MARCELL, MIHALEK, LABS, PUGH, FLOOD, HAMM,
        COOPER, ROWE, SMITH, WEAKNECHT, SCHEUREN AND T. JONES,
        APRIL 15, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 16, 2026


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, providing for consumer fuel price relief.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby enacts as follows:
 5      Section 1.    Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 6   Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
 7                                 CHAPTER 90A
 8                        CONSUMER FUEL PRICE RELIEF
 9   Sec.
10   90A01.   Scope of chapter.
11   90A02.   Consumer fuel price relief.
12   90A03.   Revenue loss estimate.
13   90A04.   Transfer required.
14   90A05.   Fuel sale price reduction.
15   § 90A01.   Scope of chapter.
16      This chapter provides for consumer fuel price relief.
17   § 90A02.   Consumer fuel price relief.
 1      (a)     Reduction.--Notwithstanding Chapters 90 (relating to
 2   liquid fuels and fuels tax) and 95 (relating to taxes for
 3   highway maintenance and construction) or other law to the
 4   contrary, the following taxes and fees shall be reduced at the
 5   rates and amounts imposed as follows:
 6            (1)   Beginning with the first day of the first full month
 7      after the effective date of this paragraph and ending on the
 8      first day after the end of the sixth full month after the
 9      effective date of this paragraph, 100% of the taxes imposed
10      under section 9004(b) and (d) (relating to imposition of tax,
11      exemptions and deductions).
12            (2)   Beginning with the first day of the first full month
13      after the effective date of this paragraph and ending on the
14      first day after the end of the 12th full month after the
15      effective date of this paragraph, 50% of the fee imposed
16      under section 9024 (relating to electric vehicle road user
17      charge).
18      (b)     Applicability.--The reduction under subsection (a) shall
19   apply to:
20            (1)   liquid fuels, fuels and alternative fuels used or
21      delivered within this Commonwealth for the period under
22      subsection (a)(1); and
23            (2)   new vehicle registrations or vehicle registration
24      renewals during the period beginning under subsection (a)(2).
25   § 90A03.    Revenue loss estimate.
26      The Department of Revenue shall, in consultation with the
27   Department of Transportation, provide to the Office of the
28   Budget and the General Assembly not later than three months
29   before the end of the six-month period under section 90A02(b)(1)
30   (relating to consumer fuel price relief) the estimated loss in

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 1   revenue due to the reduction under section 90A02.
 2   § 90A04.    Transfer required.
 3      (a)     Certification.--No later than 30 days after receipt of
 4   the estimated loss in revenue under section 90A03 (relating to
 5   revenue loss estimate), the Office of the Budget shall certify
 6   the amount and notify the State Treasurer of the certified
 7   amount.
 8      (b)     Transfer.--No later than 60 days after receipt of the
 9   certified estimate under subsection (a), the State Treasurer
10   shall transfer an amount equal to the estimate from the Budget
11   Stabilization Reserve Fund to the Motor License Fund or any
12   other fund or account authorized by law to receive revenue from
13   the taxes imposed under section 9004(b) and (d) (relating to
14   imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions) or the fee imposed
15   under section 9024 (relating to electric vehicle road user
16   charge).
17      (c)     Applicability.--Section 1703-A of the act of April 9,
18   1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, shall not
19   apply to transfers made from the Budget Stabilization Reserve
20   Fund under this section.
21   § 90A05.    Fuel sale price reduction.
22      (a)     Reduction required.--A dealer or alternative fuel dealer
23   that sells fuels, liquid fuels or alternative fuels for a six-
24   month period beginning on the effective date of this subsection
25   to consumers under the tax reduction authorized under section
26   90A02(a)(1) (relating to consumer fuel price relief):
27             (1)   may not include in the sale price to the consumers
28      the cost of the tax amount under section 9004(b) and (d)
29      (relating to imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions);
30      and

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 1            (2)   shall pass on the reduced costs realized by the
 2      dealer or alternative fuel dealer from the tax reduction
 3      under section 90A02(a)(1) in the sale price to the consumers.
 4      (b)   Policy and guidelines.--The Department of Revenue shall
 5   develop policies and guidelines to assist dealers and
 6   alternative fuel dealers with compliance with subsection (a).
 7      (c)   Authority of Attorney General and district attorneys.--A
 8   violation of subsection (a) shall constitute a violation of the
 9   act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair
10   Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. The Office of
11   Attorney General or the appropriate district attorney shall have
12   all powers and duties under the Unfair Trade Practices and
13   Consumer Protection Law necessary to enforce this section.
14      Section 2.    This act shall take effect June 1, 2026, or
15   immediately, whichever is later.




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