---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Operation Inherent Resolve veterans plate."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Operation Inherent Resolve veterans plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 73 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Kerwin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cb3568e-3b9d-40ac-aa3a-2d5906ba9569"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=942&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "9260a3e96c19968d0d4707d61fb16eebfd0aa2321cbc965998425ee7e4cf5ece"
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 73 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Operation Inherent Resolve veterans plate.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02491)
2. **Printer's No. PN0062** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0073/PN0062)
3. **Printer's No. PN2125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0073/PN2125)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Amended — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Committed — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment — **25–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Kerwin — primary (person)
- David Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- James Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Flick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Armanini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 36 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cb3568e-3b9d-40ac-aa3a-2d5906ba9569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).