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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1602, 1713, 3130
PRINTER'S NO. 3315
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1486
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY O'NEAL, RYAN, HENNESSEY, PICKETT, KAUFFMAN,
POLINCHOCK, HEFFLEY, McNEILL, R. BROWN, LEWIS, THOMAS,
FREEMAN, SAINATO, STAATS, OWLETT, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
PENNYCUICK, KULIK, T. DAVIS, HAMM, WEBSTER, SCHMITT, MILLARD,
MOUL, DRISCOLL, NEILSON, ROWE, ROZZI, CIRESI, O'MARA, GILLEN
AND DELLOSO, MAY 25, 2021
SENATOR LANGERHOLC, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 28, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Blue
Star Family plate.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 1366.2. Blue Star Family plate.
(a) General rule.--Upon application of a family member of a
person who is an active duty service member in the military,
including a reserve component or National Guard, accompanied by
a fee of $23 which shall be in addition to the annual
registration fee and by such documentation as the department
shall require, the department shall issue to the family member a
special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed
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as belonging to a family member of a person serving on active
duty in the military , including a reserve component or National
Guard . The department shall design and produce the special
registration plate carrying the Blue Star which signifies that a
family member is an active duty service member , including a
reserve component or National Guard . The words "Blue Star
Family" shall be clearly displayed along the bottom of the
plate. The special registration plate may be used only on a
passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not
more than 14,000 pounds.
(b) Documentation required.--An applicant for a Blue Star
Family plate shall certify on a form approved by the department
that the applicant is a family member of a person who is an
active duty service member in the military , including a reserve
component or National Guard .
(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require:
(1) A person issued a Blue Star Family plate to return
the plate to the department if a family member no longer
serves on active duty in the military , including a reserve
component or National Guard .
(2) The department to periodically verify that a person
issued a Blue Star Family plate has a family member serving
on active duty in the military , including a reserve component
or National Guard, after the initial issuance of the plate.
(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "family
member" includes the following:
(1) Mother.
(2) Father.
(3) Stepmother.
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(4) Stepfather.
(5) Mother through adoption.
(6) Father through adoption.
(7) Foster mother in loco parentis.
(8) Foster father in loco parentis.
(9) Son.
(10) Daughter.
(11) Stepson.
(12) Stepdaughter.
(13) Son by adoption.
(14) Daughter by adoption.
(15) Brother.
(16) Sister.
(17) Half-brother.
(18) Half-sister.
(19) Grandfather.
(20) Grandmother.
(21) Spouse.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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