---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for USA semiquincentennial registration plates."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for USA semiquincentennial registration plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1710"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1710 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hennessey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-07-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a31216cd-a095-49d8-985d-2f9b9e55aa1c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1710"
source_hash: "700b911c6157cfab56303a185bab30f351e91e52359e43321679ab45592bca50"
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 1710 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for USA semiquincentennial registration plates.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1710&pn=2303&aYear=2019&an=02858)
2. **Printer's No. 2303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1710&pn=2303)
3. **Printer's No. 2583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1710&pn=2583)
4. **Printer's No. 3855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1710&pn=3855)
5. **Senate Amendment A05843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1710&pn=2583&aYear=2019&an=05843)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1710 PN 3855, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hennessey — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2303 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2583 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3855 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-01T04:00:00+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/a31216cd-a095-49d8-985d-2f9b9e55aa1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).