PRINTER'S NO. 166
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 255
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, VITALI, HOHENSTEIN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
SANCHEZ, PIELLI, STEELE, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, OTTEN AND
KENYATTA, JANUARY 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 17, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for Green Vehicle Pilot Program.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
6 Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
7 CHAPTER 82
8 GREEN VEHICLE PILOT PROGRAM
9 Sec.
10 8201. Definitions.
11 8202. Program guidelines.
12 8203. Expiration.
13 § 8201. Definitions.
14 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
15 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
16 context clearly indicates otherwise:
17 "Applicant." An individual who resides in this Commonwealth
 1 and owns or leases a green vehicle and who applies to
2 participate in the program.
3 "Battery electric vehicle." A motor vehicle that is only
4 powered by an electric motor drawing current from a rechargeable
5 energy storage system.
6 "Commission." The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
7 "Green vehicle." Any of the following:
8 (1) Battery electric vehicle.
9 (2) Hybrid electric vehicle.
10 (3) Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
11 "Hybrid electric vehicle." A motor vehicle that is powered
12 from onboard sources of stored energy that are both an internal
13 combustion engine using combustible fuel and a rechargeable
14 energy storage system.
15 "Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle." A motor vehicle powered
16 by an electric motor drawing current from a rechargeable energy
17 storage system, but also has an onboard combustion engine.
18 "Program." The Green Vehicle Pilot Program established under
19 section 8202 (relating to program guidelines).
20 § 8202. Program guidelines.
21 (a) Establishment.--The Green Vehicle Pilot Program is
22 established to incentivize Commonwealth residents to purchase
23 green vehicles.
24 (b) Form.--The commission shall develop a form for an
25 applicant to complete and submit to the commission after the
26 purchase of a green vehicle to participate in the program.
27 (c) Submission.--An applicant shall submit a completed form
28 under subsection (b) along with a copy of the green vehicle's
29 registration to the commission.
30 (d) Credit.--
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 1 (1) After the receipt of the information required under
2 subsection (c), the commission shall issue an applicant a
3 credit that shall be used for toll charges on the
4 Pennsylvania Turnpike in the following amounts:
5 (i) One hundred dollars for hybrid electric
6 vehicles.
7 (ii) Two hundred dollars for plug-in hybrid electric
8 vehicles.
9 (iii) Two hundred dollars for battery electric
10 vehicles.
11 (2) Only one credit amount under paragraph (1) may be
12 issued per applicant.
13 (e) Regulations.--The commission shall promulgate rules and
14 regulations as necessary to effectuate the implementation of the
15 program.
16 § 8203. Expiration.
17 This chapter shall expire five years from the effective date
18 of this section.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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