Legislation (S.B. 1532) to extend the emissions inspection exemption to vehicles never before registered in the state or any other jurisdiction for ten years from the date of original registration was approved by the full Senate. Current law only exempts new vehicles that have less than 5,000 miles on their odometer for one year after their first registration. The bill now moves to the House Transportation Committee for consideration.
We Urge You to Contact All Members of the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee (Contact Information Below) Immediately to Request Support for S.B. 1532
- S.B. 1532 acknowledges the relatively minimal environmental impact of the new vehicles targeted for this exemption.
- S.B. 1532 acknowledges that it is senseless to test newer vehicles, the results of which demonstrate no significant air quality benefits. The idea behind exempting any class of vehicles is to reduce costs while not losing appreciable emission reductions. This strategy builds support for emission inspection programs, but also directs finite resources to where they will be most valuable in cleaning the air.
- S.B. 1532 still requires that the newest ten model year vehicles be subject to visual anti-tampering inspections for the presence of emissions control components installed on the vehicle by manufacturers.
- Pennsylvania already exempts pre-1975 vehicles from emissions testing. The logic for this trend is clear; such vehicles do not contribute in significant ways to air quality problems. This logic applies equally to newer cars.
DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of the House Transportation Committee immediately to request their support for S.B. 1532.
Please e-mail a copy of your letter to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org. Thank you for your assistance.
Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee
To e-mail all members of the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee, copy and paste the email address block below:
rgeist@pahousegop.com, Tbriggs@pahouse.net, mcarroll@pahouse.net, pcosta@pahouse.net,sgrove@pahousegop.com, ghaluska@pahouse.net, tharhai@pahouse.net, kharper@pahousegop.com, aharris@pahousegop.com, dheffley@pahousegop.com, dhess@pahousegop.com, Dhickern@pahousegop.com, mkeller@pahousegop.com, jknowles@pahousegop.com, jmarshal@pahousegop.com, rmarsico@pahousegop.com, mmcgeeha@pahouse.net, nmicozzi@pahousegop.com, mquinn@pahousegop.com, bkortz@pahouse.net, mlongietti@pahouse.net,tpayton@pahouse.net, jpyle@pahousegop.com, Ssantarsiero@pahouse.net, kwatson@pahousegop.com
Representative Richard Geist - Chairman
Email: rgeist@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/787-6419
Representative Tim Briggs
Email: Tbriggs@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/705-7011
Representative Mike Carroll
Email: mcarroll@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/787-3589
Representative Paul Costa
Email: pcosta@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/783-1914
Representative Seth Grove
Email: sgrove@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/783-2655
Representative Gary Haluska
Email: ghaluska@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/787-3532
Representative Ted Harhai
Email: tharhai@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/772-2820
Representative Kate Harper
Email: kharper@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/787-2801
Representative Adam Harris
Email: aharris@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/783-7830
Representative Doyle Heffley
Email: dheffley@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/260-6139
Representative Dick Hess
Email: dhess@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/787-7076
Representative David Hickernell
Email: Dhickern@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/783-2076
Representative Mark Keller
Email: mkeller@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/783-1593
Representative Jerry Knowles
Email: jknowles@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/787-9029
Representative Jim Marshall
Email: jmarshal@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/260-6432
Representative Ron Marsico
Email: rmarsico@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/783-2014
Representative Michael McGeehan
Email: mmcgeeha@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/772-4029
Representative Nicholas Micozzie
Email: nmicozzi@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/783-8808
Representative Marguerite Quinn
Email: mquinn@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/772-1413
Representative William Kortz
Email: bkortz@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/787-8175
Representative Mark Longietti
Email: mlongietti@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/772-4035
Representative Tony Payton
Email: tpayton@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/787-1354
Representative Jeffrey Pyle
Email: jpyle@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/783-5327
Representative Steven Santarsiero
Email: Ssantarsiero@pahouse.net
Phone: 717/787-5475
Representative Katharine Watson
Email: kwatson@pahousegop.com
Phone: 717/787-5452