---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for contributions to Veterans' Trust Fund."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for contributions to Veterans' Trust Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 945"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 945 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e17a2e81-2f37-4216-828a-7314e29dcd13"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=945"
source_hash: "5ff2da7318976939a80bf66a3706d532aba12a878888f9518384f15f5d0f34b8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania SB 945 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for contributions to Veterans' Trust Fund.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0945&pn=1312)
2. **Printer's No. 1718** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0945&pn=1718)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **177–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1312 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1718 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e17a2e81-2f37-4216-828a-7314e29dcd13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).