Posted: | February 27, 2023 03:01 PM |
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From: | Representative MaryLouise Isaacson |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Preventing Catalytic Converter Theft |
Theft of catalytic converters continues to rise across America. As the COVID-19 pandemic created stress on the mining of metals across the globe, the price for the metals inside of catalytic converters has skyrocketed. This has led to a spike in catalytic converter theft with the parts being stolen from underneath parked cars to be sold illegally as scrap. These thefts sometimes end in violence and tragedy. My legislation will expand current regulations on transactions that deal with the sale of catalytic converters in scrap metal yards and will add the following steps to be required before a transaction can be completed:
Pennsylvania consumers deserve the highest level of protection. I hope that you will join me in preventing catalytic converter theft in the Commonwealth. |
Introduced as HB791