---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in fees, further providing for exemptions from other fees and providing for recreational trailers and recreational cargo trailers and for special procedures for trailer registration; and, in size, weight and load, further providing for restrictions on use of highways and bridges and for registered gross weight."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in fees, further providing for exemptions from other fees and providing for recreational trailers and recreational cargo trailers and for special procedures for trailer registration; and, in size, weight and load, further providing for restrictions on use of highways and bridges and for registered gross weight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 796"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 796 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3092fde-8f25-48bd-96fd-7cbbb3886681"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=796"
source_hash: "790d4221b961adad4ac91e6daaf9e052baaa8b2662117ce27f46adc3f21d6414"
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 796 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in fees, further providing for exemptions from other fees and providing for recreational trailers and recreational cargo trailers and for special procedures for trailer registration; and, in size, weight and load, further providing for restrictions on use of highways and bridges and for registered gross weight.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1008** (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=0796&pn=1008)
2. **Printer's No. 2055** (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=0796&pn=2055)
3. **Printer's No. 2106** (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=0796&pn=2106)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 796 PN 2055, 2017 A10103, NESBIT — **189–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **181–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordner — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1008 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2055 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2106 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+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/e3092fde-8f25-48bd-96fd-7cbbb3886681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).