republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-785.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration; and providing for operation of golf carts.	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration; and providing for operation of golf carts.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 785	Pennsylvania SB 785 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Rafferty	3	23	5	2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00	2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f119065b-83db-4091-bbb3-f86fc75b11cb	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=785	d130c307f6bdb7c46cb60a29e62bc29f62ad7ede702b51f63d066287fbccb65e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 785 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration; and providing for operation of golf carts.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0980 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1092 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1239 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 191–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rafferty — primary (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
• Folmer — cosponsor (person)
• Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
• Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0980 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-07-18T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1092 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1239 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-11-29T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f119065b-83db-4091-bbb3-f86fc75b11cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).