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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1294"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1294 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4807d17-bd43-4cde-97af-d11326e0ec8a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1294"
source_hash: "a497fc11de4c5e2961210795004b28913491c9c4a366e5416dee039bdc18e403"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1294&pn=1590)
2. **Printer's No. 2013** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1294&pn=2013)
3. **Printer's No. 2647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1294&pn=2647)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4807d17-bd43-4cde-97af-d11326e0ec8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).