PA SB 1353
enactedAn Act amending the act of December 22, 1983 (P.L.306, No.84), known as the Board of Vehicles Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in vehicles, further providing for unlawful acts by manufacturers or distributors, for area of responsibility and for limitations on establishing or relocating dealers.
Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) · upper
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Quick answers
Did PA SB 1353 pass?
Yes. PA SB 1353 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-20): Act No. 51 of 2026
What is PA SB 1353 about?
PA SB 1353 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (209th General Assembly) titled “An Act amending the act of December 22, 1983 (P.L.306, No.84), known as the Board of Vehicles Act, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in vehicles, further providing for unlawful acts by manufacturers or distributors, for area of responsibility and for limitations on establishing or relocating dealers.”.
Who sponsors PA SB 1353?
Scott Martin is the primary sponsor of PA SB 1353, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-07-20 — Act No. 51 of 2026
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Scott Martinprimary
- Judy Wardcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-07-20
Act No. 51 of 2026
2026-07-20
Approved by the Governor
executive-signature
2026-07-12
Presented to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-07-12
Signed in House
2026-07-12
Signed in Senate
2026-07-12
Third consideration and final passage
passage,reading-3
2026-07-12
Re-reported as committed
committee-passage
2026-07-01
Re-referred to Appropriations
referral-committee
2026-07-01
Second consideration
reading-2
2026-06-30
Removed from table
2026-06-30
Laid on the table
2026-06-30
First consideration
reading-1
2026-06-30
Reported as committed
committee-passage
2026-06-10
Referred to Commerce
referral-committee
2026-06-09
Third consideration and final passage
passage,reading-3
2026-06-08
Re-reported as committed
committee-passage
2026-06-08
Re-referred to Appropriations
referral-committee
2026-06-08
Second consideration
reading-2
2026-06-03
First consideration
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2026-06-03
Reported as amended
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2026-05-28
Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended
2026-06-03 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Lisa Boscola: yes
- Rosemary Brown: yes
- Lynda Schlegel Culver: yes
- Frank Farry: yes
- Marty Flynn: yes
- Chris Gebhard: yes
- Dawn Keefer: yes
- Kristin Phillips-Hill: yes
- Nick Pisciottano: yes
- Steven Santarsiero: yes
- Christine Tartaglione: yes
- Kim Ward: yes
- Patrick Stefano: yes
- Michele Brooks: other
Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment
2026-06-03 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Lisa Boscola: yes
- Rosemary Brown: yes
- Lynda Schlegel Culver: yes
- Frank Farry: yes
- Marty Flynn: yes
- Chris Gebhard: yes
- Dawn Keefer: yes
- Kristin Phillips-Hill: yes
- Nick Pisciottano: yes
- Steven Santarsiero: yes
- Christine Tartaglione: yes
- Kim Ward: yes
- Patrick Stefano: yes
- Michele Brooks: other
Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed
2026-06-08 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Rosemary Brown: yes
- Amanda Cappelletti: yes
- Jarrett Coleman: yes
- Lynda Schlegel Culver: yes
- Cris Dush: yes
- Art Haywood: yes
- Vincent Hughes: yes
- Timothy Kearney: yes
- Patty Kim: yes
- Wayne Langerholc: yes
- Daniel Laughlin: yes
- Tracy Pennycuick: yes
- Kristin Phillips-Hill: yes
- Joe Picozzi: yes
- Devlin Robinson: yes
- Judith Schwank: yes
- Sharif Street: yes
- Elder Vogel: yes
- Joe Pittman: yes
- Jay Costa: yes
- Kim Ward: yes
- Scott Martin: yes
FINAL PASSAGE
2026-06-09 · pass · 49-0
Member-level votes (50)
- David Argall: yes
- Lisa Baker: yes
- Camera Bartolotta: yes
- Lisa Boscola: yes
- Michele Brooks: yes
- Rosemary Brown: yes
- Amanda Cappelletti: yes
- Jarrett Coleman: yes
- Maria Collett: yes
- Carolyn Comitta: yes
- Jay Costa: yes
- Lynda Schlegel Culver: yes
- Cris Dush: yes
- Frank Farry: yes
- Marty Flynn: yes
- Wayne Fontana: yes
- Chris Gebhard: yes
- Art Haywood: yes
- Vincent Hughes: yes
- Scott Hutchinson: yes
- John Kane: yes
- Timothy Kearney: yes
- Dawn Keefer: yes
- Patty Kim: yes
- Wayne Langerholc: yes
- Daniel Laughlin: yes
- James Malone: yes
- Scott Martin: yes
- Doug Mastriano: yes
- Nick Miller: yes
- Katie Muth: yes
- Tracy Pennycuick: yes
- Kristin Phillips-Hill: yes
- Joe Picozzi: yes
- Nick Pisciottano: yes
- Joe Pittman: yes
- Devlin Robinson: yes
- Greg Rothman: yes
- Steven Santarsiero: yes
- Nikil Saval: yes
- Judith Schwank: yes
- Patrick Stefano: yes
- Sharif Street: yes
- Christine Tartaglione: yes
- Elder Vogel: yes
- Judy Ward: yes
- Kim Ward: yes
- Anthony Williams: other
- Lindsey Williams: yes
- Gene Yaw: yes
Committee vote (Commerce): Report Bill As Committed
2026-06-30 · pass · 26-0
Member-level votes (26)
- Scott Conklin: yes
- Anthony Bellmon: yes
- Amen Brown: yes
- Andre Carroll: yes
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz: yes
- Morgan Cephas: yes
- Keith Harris: yes
- Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
- Brian Munroe: yes
- Napoleon J. Nelson: yes
- Darisha K. Parker: yes
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- John Lawrence: yes
- Scott Barger: yes
- Marla Brown: yes
- Joseph D'Orsie: yes
- Valerie Gaydos: yes
- Barbara Gleim: yes
- Shelby Labs: yes
- Kristin Marcell: yes
- Jeff Olsommer: yes
- Donna Scheuren: yes
- Jeremy Shaffer: yes
- Tim Twardzik: yes
Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed
2026-07-11 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (37)
- Jordan Harris: yes
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Anthony Bellmon: yes
- Tim Brennan: yes
- Gina Curry: yes
- Kyle Donahue: yes
- Justin Fleming: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Pat Gallagher: yes
- Manuel Guzman: yes
- Tarik Khan: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- Bridget Kosierowski: yes
- Dave Madsen: yes
- Steven Malagari: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Kyle Mullins: yes
- Abigail Salisbury: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Ben Waxman: yes
- Joe Webster: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- James Struzzi: yes
- Jamie Barton: yes
- Marla Brown: yes
- Eric Davanzo: yes
- Ann Flood: yes
- Joshua Kail: yes
- Charity Krupa: yes
- Thomas Kutz: yes
- Zachary Mako: yes
- Kristin Marcell: yes
- Marci Mustello: yes
- Eric Nelson: yes
- Jeff Olsommer: yes
- Chad Reichard: yes
- Jim Rigby: yes
FINAL PASSAGE
2026-07-12 · pass · 202-0
Member-level votes (202)
- Aerion Abney: yes
- Marc Anderson: yes
- Mike Armanini: yes
- Jacob Banta: yes
- Scott Barger: yes
- Jamie Barton: yes
- Josh Bashline: yes
- Anthony Bellmon: yes
- Jessica Benham: yes
- Kerry Benninghoff: yes
- Aaron Bernstine: yes
- Ryan Bizzarro: yes
- Timothy Bonner: yes
- Stephanie Borowicz: yes
- Lisa Borowski: yes
- Heather Boyd: yes
- Matthew Bradford: yes
- Tim Brennan: yes
- Tim Briggs: yes
- Amen Brown: yes
- Marla Brown: yes
- Danilo Burgos: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz: yes
- Andre Carroll: yes
- Martin Causer: yes
- Morgan Cephas: yes
- Melissa Cerrato: yes
- Joe Ciresi: yes
- Scott Conklin: yes
- Bud Cook: yes
- Jill Cooper: yes
- Gina Curry: yes
- Bryan Cutler: yes
- Joseph D'Orsie: yes
- Mary Jo Daley: yes
- Eric Davanzo: yes
- Nathan Davidson: yes
- Tina Davis: yes
- Jason Dawkins: yes
- Gary Day: yes
- Daniel Deasy: yes
- David Delloso: yes
- Sheryl Delozier: yes
- Russ Diamond: yes
- Kyle Donahue: yes
- Sean Dougherty: yes
- Joe Emrick: yes
- Mindy Fee: yes
- Elizabeth Fiedler: yes
- Wendy Fink: yes
- Justin Fleming: yes
- Jamie Flick: yes
- Ann Flood: yes
- Dan Frankel: yes
- Robert Freeman: yes
- Paul Friel: yes
- Jonathan Fritz: yes
- Pat Gallagher: yes
- Valerie Gaydos: yes
- Mark Gillen: yes
- Jose Giral: yes
- Barbara Gleim: yes
- Dan Goughnour: yes
- G. Roni Green: yes
- Keith Greiner: yes
- Nancy Guenst: yes
- Manuel Guzman: yes
- Jim Haddock: yes
- Joe Hamm: yes
- Liz Hanbidge: yes
- Patrick Harkins: yes
- Jordan Harris: yes
- Keith Harris: yes
- Doyle Heffley: yes
- Carol Hill-Evans: yes
- Joe Hogan: yes
- Joseph Hohenstein: yes
- Kristine Howard: yes
- John Inglis Iii: yes
- Rich Irvin: yes
- Marylouise Isaacson: yes
- R. Lee James: yes
- Mike Jones: yes
- Tom Jones: yes
- Joshua Kail: yes
- Rob Kauffman: yes
- Carol Kazeem: yes
- Malcolm Kenyatta: yes
- Dallas Kephart: yes
- Joe Kerwin: yes
- Tarik Khan: yes
- Emily Kinkead: yes
- Kate Klunk: yes
- Bridget Kosierowski: yes
- Roman Kozak: yes
- Rick Krajewski: yes
- Leanne Krueger: yes
- Charity Krupa: yes
- Anita Kulik: yes
- Thomas Kutz: yes
- Andrew Kuzma: yes
- Shelby Labs: yes
- John Lawrence: yes
- Robert Leadbeter: yes
- Milou Mackenzie: yes
- Maureen Madden: yes
- Dave Madsen: yes
- Abby Major: yes
- Zachary Mako: yes
- Steven Malagari: yes
- David Maloney: yes
- Kristin Marcell: yes
- George Margetas: yes
- Brandon Markosek: yes
- Robert Matzie: yes
- La'Tasha Mayes: yes
- Jen Mazzocco: yes
- Joe Mcandrew: yes
- Joanna Mcclinton: yes
- Jeanne Mcneill: yes
- Thomas Mehaffie: yes
- Steven Mentzer: yes
- Robert Merski: yes
- Carl Metzgar: yes
- Natalie Mihalek: yes
- Brett Miller: yes
- Dan Moul: yes
- Kyle Mullins: yes
- Brian Munroe: yes
- Marci Mustello: yes
- Ed Neilson: yes
- Eric Nelson: yes
- Napoleon J. Nelson: yes
- Jennifer O'Mara: yes
- Timothy J. O'Neal: yes
- Jeff Olsommer: yes
- Jason Ortitay: yes
- Danielle Friel Otten: yes
- Clint Owlett: yes
- Darisha K. Parker: yes
- Eddie Pashinski: yes
- Tina Pickett: yes
- Chris Pielli: yes
- Lindsay Powell: yes
- Tarah Probst: yes
- Jim Prokopiak: yes
- Brenda Pugh: yes
- Christopher Rabb: yes
- Jack Rader: yes
- Kathy Rapp: yes
- Brian Rasel: yes
- Chad Reichard: yes
- Jim Rigby: yes
- Nikki Rivera: yes
- Brad Roae: yes
- Leslie Rossi: yes
- David Rowe: yes
- Jacklyn Rusnock: yes
- Alec Ryncavage: yes
- Abigail Salisbury: yes
- Steve Samuelson: yes
- Benjamin Sanchez: yes
- Christina Sappey: yes
- Donna Scheuren: yes
- John Schlegel: yes
- Michael Schlossberg: yes
- Peter Schweyer: yes
- Greg Scott: yes
- Jeremy Shaffer: yes
- Melissa Shusterman: yes
- Brian Smith: yes
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El: yes
- Jared Solomon: yes
- Craig Staats: yes
- Perry A. Stambaugh: yes
- Mandy Steele: yes
- Joanne Stehr: yes
- Michael Stender: yes
- James Struzzi: yes
- Paul Takac: yes
- Ana Tiburcio: yes
- Kathleen Tomlinson: yes
- Jesse Topper: yes
- Tim Twardzik: yes
- Arvind Venkat: yes
- Andrea Verobish: yes
- Greg Vitali: yes
- Catherine Wallen: yes
- Jamie Walsh: yes
- Ryan Warner: yes
- Perry Warren: yes
- Dane Watro: yes
- Ben Waxman: yes
- Eric Weaknecht: yes
- Joe Webster: yes
- Parke Wentling: yes
- Martina White: yes
- Craig Williams: yes
- Dan Williams: yes
- Regina G. Young: yes
- David Zimmerman: yes
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