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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: December 2, 2022 11:59 AM
From: Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr.
To: All Senate members
Subject: Streamlining the Home Delivery of Agricultural Products
 
In the near future, I intend to re-introduce legislation to streamline the home delivery of milk and other agricultural products with a farm vehicle registration plate.
 
Current law (75 Pa.C.S. § 1344, relating to use of farm vehicle plates) limits our farmers from transporting milk and other agricultural products from their farm to a home residence.  While the Vehicle Code allows for home deliveries via a commercial vehicle registration, the Vehicle Code prevents the commercial vehicle from being registered as a farm vehicle.  As a result, a farmer needs to purchase, register and maintain a separate commercial vehicle for at-home delivery while also maintaining a farm vehicle to deliver agricultural commodities to places of business.  This is duplicative, unnecessary and overburdensome.
 
Home delivery of milk and other agricultural products is projected to increase due to growing at-home customer demands.  My legislation will streamline the vehicle registration process and save our farmers time and money by only registering a farm vehicle for the delivery of milk and other agricultural products from their farm to a place of business or a home residence.
 
This legislation is supported by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
 
Previous co-sponsors of Senate Bill 736 were: Phillips-Hill, Argall, J. Ward, Costa, Baker, Mastriano, Stefano, Vogel, and Brooks.
 
Please join me in sponsoring this legislation to streamline the home delivery of agricultural commodities that will save our farmers time and money.
 



Introduced as SB95