Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2233: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for vehicles not requiring certificate of title; in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration; in general provisions relating to operation of vehicles, further providing for drivers of emergency vehicles; and, in snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, further providing for definitions.
Status: In committee, September 8, 2026
What the bill says
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration.
From the introduced text, February 20, 2026:
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for vehicles exempt from registration. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 1302(23) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by adding a paragraph to read: § 1302. Vehicles exempt from registration. The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration: * * * (23) Any all-terrain vehicle exempt from registration under Chapter 77 (relating to snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles) and operated as an emergency vehicle by a police or fire department or emergency medical services agency when the vehicle does not travel on public highways in excess of [two] ten miles and is primarily for off-highway use and only operated incidentally upon the highway. An all-terrain vehicle so operated shall comply with section 4571 (visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles). Notwithstanding the requirements of section 4571, an all-terrain vehicle operated under this paragraph is not required to be equipped with an audible warning system. An operator of an all-terrain vehicle under this paragraph who acts in good faith and within the scope of the operator's official duties shall be entitled to the same protections from liability as apply to operators of authorized emergency vehicles under this title. …