---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human habitation."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human habitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 783"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 783 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nesbit"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f451953-680e-4695-86cb-13266266fc6b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=783"
source_hash: "32d58d23bf0095171b4a59032da238d36b30a427854426cddaf731e9d3d3ce6a"
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 HB 783 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human habitation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0783&pn=0858)
2. **Printer's No. 4136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0783&pn=4136)

## Votes

- HB 783 PN 4136, CONCUR — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nesbit — primary (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0858 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4136 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-19T04:00:00+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/8f451953-680e-4695-86cb-13266266fc6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).