HB 48 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for arts registration plate; in fees, further providing for payments to special funds; and establishing the Arts Promotion Fund.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-10
Latest action: — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 10, 2025
Sponsors
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — sponsor · 2025-01-10
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Jamie L. Flick (R, PA-83) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 10, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 27
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 48
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, SANCHEZ, FLICK, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, GUENST,
HADDOCK, KHAN AND FREEMAN, JANUARY 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 10, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for arts
3 registration plate; in fees, further providing for payments
4 to special funds; and establishing the Arts Promotion Fund.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1352.3. Arts registration plate.
10 The department, in consultation with the Council on the Arts,
11 shall design a special arts registration plate. Upon application
12 of any person, accompanied by a fee of $41, which shall be in
13 addition to the annual registration fee, the department shall
14 issue the plate for a passenger car, motor home, trailer or
15 truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000
16 pounds. The Arts Promotion Fund established in section 1905(e)
17 (relating to payments to special funds) shall receive $15 of the
18 fee paid by the applicant for the plate.
19 Section 2. Section 1905 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
1 subsection to read:
2 § 1905. Payments to special funds.
3 * * *
4 (e) Arts Promotion Fund.--
5 (1) The Arts Promotion Fund is established within the
6 State Treasury for the purpose of providing grants for the
7 arts.
8 (2) Fifteen dollars of each fee received under section
9 1352.3 (relating to arts registration plate) shall be
10 credited to the Arts Promotion Fund.
11 (3) All money in the Arts Promotion Fund is appropriated
12 on a continuing basis to the Council on the Arts and may be
13 expended, subject to paragraph (5), for the purposes
14 authorized under this subsection.
15 (4) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this
16 subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Council
17 on the Arts for approval.
18 (5) The State Treasurer may not honor any requisition
19 for expenditures by the Council on the Arts in excess of
20 estimates approved by the Governor or in excess of the amount
21 available for the purposes for which the requisition was
22 made, whichever is the lesser amount.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jamie L. Flick (R, state_lower PA-83) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Nancy Guenst (D, state_lower PA-152) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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