The stickers represent annual safety inspections and, for folks in Pennsylvania’s larger counties, annual emissions inspections, something that’s not required in the majority of counties.
Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-Cambria) plans to introduce a bill to end the state requirement for emissions inspections entirely.
“This commonsense legislation is about putting working Pennsylvanians first,” said Langerholc. “Emissions testing is an outdated government mandate that serves no legitimate purpose other than cost hardworking Pennsylvanians that live in certain counties additional dollars during inspection time.
“It is high time to end this program,” he added. “I won’t stop fighting until we get this done.”
Langerholc said the Trump Administration is moving to repeal federal vehicle emissions standards and the bill, he said, would align the state with federal actions, “eliminating a costly and unnecessary requirement on motorists.”
Two bills already passed to chip away at the requirement. One would remove seven counties form the requirements — Blair, Cambria, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mercer, and Westmoreland counties — and the other would exempt the five most recent model year vehicles from testing requirements.
Both bills — Senate Bill 35 and Senate Bill 149 — passed the Senate in February by votes of 27-21 and 28-20 respectively. They are sitting in the House transportation committee.
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