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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing for definitions and for imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions and providing for electric vehicle road user charge; and imposing a penalty."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing for definitions and for imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions and providing for electric vehicle road user charge; and imposing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 656"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 656 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Rothman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52890194-c243-42e7-9e52-8bf4137525c1"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=1179&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "df706926d11797acfc1823bc28403d5114206d21164e458e855cf04a6f772f06"
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 SB 656 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in liquid fuels and fuels tax, further providing for definitions and for imposition of tax, exemptions and deductions and providing for electric vehicle road user charge; and imposing a penalty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A03116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03116)
2. **House Amendment A03287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03287)
3. **House Amendment A05483** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05483)
4. **Printer's No. PN0683** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0656/PN0683)
5. **Printer's No. PN0859** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0656/PN0859)
6. **Printer's No. PN1285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0656/PN1285)
7. **Printer's No. PN1519** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0656/PN1519)
8. **Printer's No. PN1811** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0656/PN1811)
9. **Senate Amendment A00848** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00848)
## Votes
- Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Amended — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- A3116 — **101–102** (fail) · lower
- A3287 — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Amended — **22–15** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **22–15** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **190–12** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Committed — **22–3** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Amended — **37–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Greg Rothman — primary (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Amended in House Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 85 of 2024
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52890194-c243-42e7-9e52-8bf4137525c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).