PRINTER'S NO. 721
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
772
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BURGOS, HANBIDGE, FIEDLER, McNEILL, KAZEEM, RABB,
SCHLOSSBERG, MADDEN, GALLAGHER, DELLOSO, PARKER, HOWARD,
CERRATO, SANCHEZ, WARREN, KRAJEWSKI AND MALAGARI,
MARCH 30, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 30, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
duplicate and substitute drivers' licenses and learners'
permits; and, in fees, further providing for exemption of
persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1513 heading and 1901(b.1) of Title 75
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the
sections are amended by adding subsections to read:
§ 1513. Duplicate and substitute drivers' licenses [and],
learners' permits and identification cards.
* * *
(c) Duplicate identification card fees.--No fee shall be
charged for one duplicate identification card, including for a
photograph required for a duplicate identification card, during
the term of either an initial or renewal identification card to
an individual exempt from fees under section 1901(b.1) (relating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
to exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees).
§ 1901. Exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.
* * *
(b.1) Identification card fees.--No fee shall be charged for
an initial or renewal identification card, including for a
photograph required for an initial or renewal identification
card, to an individual who affirms in writing that the
individual is:
(1) either:
(i) earning a household income equal to or less than
200% of the Federal poverty level as specified in poverty
guidelines issued annually by the United States
Department of Health and Human Services; or
(ii) homeless, as defined on the effective date of
this subsection in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77, 42 U.S.C. §
11302);
(2) a resident of this Commonwealth; and
(3) aware of the prohibitions on unsworn falsification
to authorities set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating to
unsworn falsification to authorities).
(b.2) Initial identification card fees.--Notwithstanding
subsection (b.1), no fee shall be charged for an initial
identification card, including for a photograph required for an
initial identification card, to an individual who is 18 years of
age or older.
* * *
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20230HB0772PN0721 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28