republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1294.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for special plates for recipients of Purple Heart and providing for special plates for recipients of Legion of Merit; and, in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminated signs.	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for special plates for recipients of Purple Heart and providing for special plates for recipients of Legion of Merit; and, in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminated signs.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1294	Pennsylvania HB 1294 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Ward	3	25	5	2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c4807d17-bd43-4cde-97af-d11326e0ec8a	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1294	a497fc11de4c5e2961210795004b28913491c9c4a366e5416dee039bdc18e403	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1294 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for special plates for recipients of Purple Heart and providing for special plates for recipients of Legion of Merit; and, in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminated signs.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1590 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2013 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2647 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 190–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1294 PN 2647, CONCUR — 187–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Bizzarro — cosponsor (person)
• Boback — cosponsor (person)
• Bullock — cosponsor (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Cox — cosponsor (person)
• D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Deluca — cosponsor (person)
• Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Farry — cosponsor (person)
• Fee — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Keefer — cosponsor (person)
• Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Milne — cosponsor (person)
• Murt — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Sainato — cosponsor (person)
• Sankey — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
• Sonney — cosponsor (person)
• Toepel — cosponsor (person)
• Topper — cosponsor (person)
• W. Keller — cosponsor (person)
• Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1590 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2013 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-07-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2647 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+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; origin ocd-bill/c4807d17-bd43-4cde-97af-d11326e0ec8a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).