Despite, or perhaps because of, a record revenue surplus, House and Senate leaders failed to reach a comprehensive agreement on spending for the 2022/23 fiscal year, which begins on July 1. The stalemate is a result of philosophical differences over how and on what to spend the remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, as well as state revenues that far exceeded expectations set a year ago, plus several more or less budget-related issues that have pervaded the relationship between the General Assembly and the Wolf Administration for years, ultimately led to the parties missing the June 30 deadline. That deadline has been rendered relatively meaningless by court cases dating back to the Rendell Administration, taking any perceived pressure off legislators to heed the “guideline.” Now it is a matter of getting it done as soon as possible, meaning when the votes are there in both chambers to pass the spending plan and the ancillary “code” bills needed to define how the money is rolled out in a fashion that the Governor will agree to sign. To get there, there will be a lot of “inside baseball” dealings to bring the members around, including numerous unrelated issues being tackled, many of which have languished in committees or calendars for months. Ultimately it will happen, but it’s anybody’s guess when and what it will look like in the end.

One bill that still did not get done before the recess is HB 1801. PSPE lobbyists continue to press for final passage in the Senate and House concurrence. Members continue to be asked to contact their Senators to pass this essential update to the Registration Act.

The Property-Assessed Clean Energy program (“C-PACE”) was enacted in 2018. Since then, it has enabled property owners in Pennsylvania to take advantage of private capital to implement building energy efficiency and clean energy projects.  Currently, Act 30 of 2018 facilitates long-term financing for energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy projects for agricultural, commercial, and industrial properties. Senate Bill 635 expands the program to include multifamily commercial buildings, indoor air improvements (e.g., COVID-19 mitigation), and resiliency improvements.  The expansion of the C-PACE program will help property owners make upgrades to ventilation systems to improve indoor air quality and reduce COVID-19 transmission.  Additionally, projects that increase resilience or improve the durability of real property—such as flood mitigation, wind resistance, energy storage, microgrids, backup power generation, or others as defined by a local government, will be made eligible for C-PACE financing as well.  C-PACE is a funding mechanism that relies entirely on private capital and is not a tax. It will help promote energy efficiency while saving Pennsylvanians money that can be put back into the economy.  Senate Bill 635 has passed both the Pennsylvania House and Senate and presently resides on Governor Wolf's desk awaiting his signature.

HB 2526  Highway-Railroad and Highway Bridge Capital Budget Supplement Act (by Rep. Tim Hennessey, et al.) | Amends the providing for the adoption of capital projects related to repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of highway bridges to be financed from the current revenue of the Motor License Fund and itemizing additional state and local projects. The total authorization for the costs of projects itemized pursuant to this act and financed from current revenue or by incurring debt will be $6.367 billion. State projects will be allocated $5.075 billion, and non-state projects will be allocated $1.291 billion. Provides sections on the limitation on the expenditure of funds, debt authorization, appropriation, federal funds, policy on jobs and materials, and editorial changes.

Amended on House floor, read the second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/8/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read the third time, and passed House, 6/13/2022 (200-0)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Transportation Committee, 6/14/2022
Reported as amended from Senate Transportation Committee, and read the first time, 6/28/2022
Read the second time, rereferred to Senate Appropriations Committee, and re-reported as committed from Senate Appropriations Committee, 6/29/2022

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HB 2651 General Appropriation Act of 2022 (by Rep. Stan Saylor, et al.) | Provides appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the commonwealth, the public debt, and the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022; provides appropriations from special funds and accounts to the executive and judicial departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022; and provides for the appropriation of federal funds to the executive and judicial departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. Provides appropriations from the State Lottery Fund, the Tobacco Settlement Fund, the Aviation Restricted Account, the Hazardous Material Response Fund, the State Stores Fund, the Milk Marketing Fund, the Home Investment Trust Fund, the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund, the Tuition Account Guaranteed Savings Program Fund, the Banking Fund, the Firearm Records Check Fund, the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority Fund, the Oil and Gas Lease Fund, the Home Improvement Account, the Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act Enforcement Fund, the Insurance Regulation and Oversight Fund, the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Restricted Account, the Justice Reinvestment Fund, the Multimodal Transportation Fund, the State Racing Fund, the Tourism Promotion Fund Restricted Account, the Enhanced Revenue Collection Account, the PENNVEST Drinking Water Revolving Fund, the PENNVEST Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, the Opioid Settlement Restricted Account, and the ABLE Savings Program Fund to the executive department for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. Provides appropriations from the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account to the judicial department for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. Provides appropriations from the Motor License Fund for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, for the proper operation of several departments of the commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State Police. Effective July 1, 2022, or immediately, whichever is later.

Introduced and referred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/8/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations Committee, read the first time, and rereferred to House Rules Committee, 6/13/2022

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HB 2702  Highway Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 2022-2023 (by Rep. Tim Hennessey, et al.) | Provides for the highway capital budget project itemization for the fiscal year 2022-2023 to be financed from current revenue or by incurring debt. Provides for itemized projects in 67 counties, debt authorization, issue of bonds, estimated useful life of projects, appropriations, federal funds, and allocation of funds.

Introduced and referred to House Transportation Committee, 6/21/2022
Reported as committed from House Transportation Committee, read the first time, and rereferred to House Rules Committee, 6/22/2022
Reported as committed from House Rules Committee, amended on House floor, read the second time, and Rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/28/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read the third time, and passed House, 6/29/2022 (200-0)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Transportation Committee, re-reported as committed from Senate Transportation Committee, and read the first time, 6/30/2022

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SB 915 Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 2021-2022 (by Sen. Patrick Browne, et al.) | Provides the framework for the capital budget process, including the itemization of projects under the Capital Budget Project Itemization Act and setting the annual debt limits under the Capital Budget Act. Establishes the categories under which capital projects may be funded, in part or whole, through the issuance of general obligation debt or current revenue, including public improvement projects, furniture and equipment projects, transportation assistance, redevelopment assistance projects, flood control projects, and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission projects.

Itemizes capital projects in the aggregate amount of $18,736,138,764, with $18,736,138,764 funded from debt and $113,130,000 funded from debt or current revenues.

Reported as amended from House Appropriations, read the third time, and passed House, 6/14/2022 (200-0)
Received as amended in Senate and rereferred Senate Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, re-reported on concurrence as committed from Senate Rules and Executive Nominations, and Senate concurred in House amendments, 6/15/2022 (50-0)
Approved by the Governor, 6/27/2022 (Act No. 27 of 2022)

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SB 1100 FY 2022/23 Budget (by Sen. Patrick Browne, et al.) | Allocates funds from the General Fund for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments, the public debt, and public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. Effective July 1, 2022, or immediately, whichever is later.

Reported as committed from Senate Appropriations Committee, read the third time, and passed Senate, 6/14/2022 (48-1)
Received in the House and referred to House Appropriations Committee, reported as committed from House Appropriations Committee, read the first time, laid on the table, and removed from the table, 6/15/2022
Read the second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/20/2022

HB 2219 COVID-19 Regulatory Flexibility (by Rep. David Rowe, et al.) | Amends The Administrative Code, adding language providing that not later than March 2, 2022, requiring each authority that initially authorized a suspension that was extended under section 2102-F (a) and (a.1) relating to COVID-19 regulatory flexibility authority to issue an updated report, which shall be published on the authority's publicly accessible Internet website. The report shall include: whether the authority recommends that the suspension be extended beyond March 31, 2022 and whether the authority recommends that the suspension be enacted permanently into statute or regulation.

Reported as amended from Senate State Government Committee, and read the first time, 6/28/2022
Read the second time, and re-referred to Senate Appropriations Committee, 6/29/2022

HB 2331  (MS4) Standards. (by Rep. Barbara Gleim, et al.) | Amends the Storm Water Management Act providing the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) shall conduct active water quality testing of surface waters within a watershed storm water plan annually; and make editorial changes. Provides if DEP cannot conduct the water quality testing, it shall rely on calculating the water quality standards of surface waters within a watershed storm water plan from water quality testing from the county conservation district, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, an institution of higher education that receives state funding or a private laboratory accredited by DEP to perform water quality testing. If DEP has not received water quality testing from the organizations mentioned above, the department shall use a water quality testing model. Provides DEP shall grant a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit waiver to a small municipal separate storm sewer system that complies with the commonwealth criteria provided.

Reported as amended from House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, read the first time, and Rereferred to House Rules Committee, 6/27/2022
Reported as committed from House Rules Committee, read the second time, and Rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/29/2022

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SB 635 Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (by Sen. John Yudichak, et al.) |  Amends Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) in the property assessed clean energy program, providing that qualifying commercial property is included under the provisions of the legislation and establishing that indoor air quality refers to a project which improves health or performance outcomes by reducing exposure to indoor airborne contaminants. The legislation also provides for the definition of qualifying commercial property, the establishment of a program to determine the eligibility of qualifying commercial property, notification procedures for notice to lien holders, and for qualifying commercial properties to notify municipalities upon work completion. The legislation establishes collection procedures for delinquent installments of assessments and that collections of assessments shall be made only upon a qualifying commercial property whose owner has executed a written agreement with the governing body agreeing to the assessment. Provides a program shall require for each proposed clean energy project and water conservation project scope of work, energy baseline or water usage baseline, and the projected energy savings or water usage reductions to establish the viability of the qualified project and the projected energy savings or water usage reductions. Further provides program funds may not be used directly or indirectly to construct, renovate or improve a residential condominium, cooperative unit, or any other type of owner-occupied residential unit.

Reported as committed from House Commerce Committee, read the first time, and laid on the table, 6/222022
Removed from the table, 6/27/2022
Read the second time and rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/28/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read the third time, and passed House, 6/29/2022 (148-52)
Signed in the Senate and the House, 6/30/2022
In the hands of the Governor, 6/30/2022
Last day for Governor's action, 7/10/2022

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SB 692 Erosion and Sediment Control Act (by Sen. Camera Bartolotta, et al.) | Provides for erosion and sediment control requirements. A person seeking to commence a project involving oil and gas activities that will cause five acres or more of earth disturbance at one time shall submit an application and obtain an erosion and sediment control permit from the Department of Environmental Protection or a conservation district before commencing the project.

Reported as committed from Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, and read the first time, 6/8/2022

HB 1665 Snow Removal (by Rep. Chris Quinn, et al) | Amends an act entitled "An act relating to indemnification agreements between architects, engineers or surveyors and owners, contractors, subcontractors or suppliers," reflecting the addition of indemnification agreements relating to snow removal or ice control services. Provides provisions in a snow removal or ice control services contract relating to indemnification shall be void if the provider has been directed not to perform the snow removal or ice control services by the receiver. A provider of snow removal or ice control services shall include agents and employees of the provider. Provides related definitions.

Reported as committed from Senate Appropriations Committee, 6/28/2022
Read third time, and passed Senate, 6/30/2022 (50-0)
Received as amended in House and rereferred House Rules Committee, 6/30/2022
Re-reported on concurrence as committed from House Rules, and House concurred in Senate amendments, 7/1/2022 (200-0)
Signed in the House, 7/1/2022

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HB 1694 RULWA Liability Limitation (by Rep. Jim Struzzi, et al.) | Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Act (RULWA) by limiting liability in connection therewith, repealing certain acts, and providing for responsibility and liability. This legislation amends RULWA to provide liability protections for volunteers and volunteer organizations that landowners invite onto their property to improve the property for recreational use.

Reported as committed from Senate Community, Economic & Recreational Development Committee, and read first time, 6/7/2022
Read second time, and rereferred to Senate Appropriations Committee, 6/14/2022

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SB 1282  Land Bank Liability (by Sen. Joe Pittman, et al.) | Amends Economic Development Agency, Fiduciary and Lender Environmental Liability Protection Act by amending the definition of "economic development agency" to include land banks established under Title 68, chapter 21 relating to land banks.

Introduced and referred to Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee, 6/13/2022
Reported as committed from Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee, and read first time, 6/15/2022

HB 2148 Protecting Local Governments Against a Newspaper's Failure to Advertise (by Rep. Brett Miller, et al.) | Amends Title 45 (Legal Notices) and Title 65 (Public Officers), in legal advertising, providing for redundant advertising on the internet by municipalities and allows redundant advertisements to be published online in addition to the newspaper advertisement; and in public notice, providing a subsection that allows for redundant advertising. Replaces each reference to "municipality" and "municipalities" with "political subdivision" and "political subdivisions." Defines "redundant advertising." Inserts "municipal authority" and "municipal authorities" throughout sections 308.1 and 709.

Reported as committed from Senate Local Government Committee, and read first time, 6/14/2022

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HB 2649  IRRC Composition (by Rep. Seth Grove, et al.) | Amends the Regulatory Review Act increasing the composition of the Independent Regulatory Review Commission from five to seven commissioners and requiring one commissioner to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate and by the majority leader of the House. Requires a majority of commissioners to be present to establish a quorum and that if the commission disapproves an agency's report, the agency shall be barred from promulgating the final-form or final-omitted regulation. Certain provisions of the act are effective immediately and the remainder is effective in 60 days.

Introduced and referred to House State Government Committee, 6/8/2022
Reported as committed from House State Government Committee, read first time, and rereferred to House Rules Committee, 6/15/2022
Reported as committed from House Rules Committee, read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/21/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations Committee, read third time, and passed House, 6/22/2022 (110-89)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, 6/23/2022

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SB 275 Energy Choice (by Sen. Gene Yaw, et al.) | Amends Title 53 (Municipalities Generally), in preemptions, providing for restrictions on utility services prohibited. Prohibits a municipality from adopting a policy that restricts, prohibits or has the effect of restricting or prohibiting the connection or reconnection of a utility service based upon the type of source of energy to be delivered to an individual consumer within the municipality. Provides that the bill does not affect the authority of a municipality to take steps designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or purchase renewable energy from municipal authorities and operations and clarifies that a municipality's exercise of its land use authority in accordance with the municipality's planning code shall not be construed as restricting or prohibiting an individual or entity from choosing a utility service provider.

Removed from the table, 6/8/2022
Read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/13/2022

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SB 597 Water Quality Accountability Act (by Sen. Patrick Stefano, et al.) | Amends Title 27 (Environmental Resources) establishing Chapter 67 Waste and Wastewater Asset Management Plans and providing for water quality accountability. Amends the act to focus on Title 27 and Chapter 67. Amends references to "commission" with "department," and "this section" with "66 PA.C.S. 1308(d) (relating to voluntary changes in rates);" provides definition for department. Amends section 6703(a)(10) to provide requirements must comply with the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Lead and Copper Rule and the Public Utility Commission; removes (b)(8) (9); inserts (d), which provides required plans shall be due and updated according to a schedule established by DEP. Replaces section 6705(a) and (b) with new language providing a water provider must set an allowable error rate and develop a testing protocol as part of an asset management plan. Amends section 6706 to provide references to cyber infrastructure and data on a network. Removes old section 3708, relating to regulations. Replaces section 6709 with language providing waste system or wastewater system operators shall have orders and legal actions taken by DEP against them if they are not in compliance with the act or the Clean Streams Law, Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, or Chapter 31, relating to water resources planning. Amends section 6710 to remove language relating to public utility. Provides DEP shall promulgate regulations to implement and administer the chapter.

Rereferred to Senate Appropriations Committee, reported as committed from Senate Appropriations, and amended on Senate floor, 6/6/2022
Read third time, and passed Senate, 6/7/2022 (27-23)
Received in the House and referred to House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/14/2022

HB 2404 Permits (by Rep. Clint Owlett, et al.) | Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act providing for issuance of and conditions for municipal continuous maintenance permits. Provides the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) shall develop a municipal continuous maintenance permit for application by a municipality. The permit shall allow permittees to maintain, inspect, and monitor watercourses, water obstructions, appurtenant works, and encroachments within the municipality. Provides applications with only watercourses shall be taken to include the other water structures. Provides municipalities with a permit may amend the permit through addition or removal of water structures; permittees may not be required to seek preapproval or further authorization by DEP for maintenance conducted under the permit; the permit shall provide for the maintenance, inspection, and monitoring of water structures in accordance with previously prepared applicable plans, specifications, reports, and designs for the structure's operation. Provides permittee municipalities shall provide a yearly compilation of the projects it has undertaken by January 15 of each year. Provides permits shall last no less than 10 years. For 10 years of operation with a permit, DEP shall extend the permit an additional 10 years. DEP may impose terms and conditions on construction methods, operation, maintenance, inspection, and monitoring to ensure compliance with the act. The municipality granted a permit shall accept responsibility for maintaining, inspecting and monitoring the water structures.

Amended on House floor, read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations, 6/8/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read third time, and passed House, 6/13/2022 (125-75)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/14/2022

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HB 2405 Removing Obstructions (by Rep. Tina Pickett, et al.) | Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act amending definitions to provide definitions for drainage area and regional curve and amend the definition for the department. Provides county programs for removing obstructions and flood-related hazards on streams. Provides a county may develop a program to provide two regional curves for the watershed to cover the entire county, the first curve for rural areas and the second curve for portions of streams located in municipalities. Provides the county shall submit a written notification to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that describes the program it developed. Provides DEP shall conduct at least one annual follow-up review of the county's program to determine effectiveness and compliance. DEP shall develop a training program for conducting channel maintenance for the purpose of a program, upon completion of the training program. Provides a county conservation district may authorize emergency permits to persons operating within a developed program . The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate regulations for the removal of obstructions and flood-related hazards on streams by counties, municipal equipment workers, and contractors operating as agents of the counties and the board may consider existing county programs for the same or similar purpose.

Read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations, 6/7/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read third time, and passed House, 6/8/2022 (129-69)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/10/2022

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HB 2406  Flood-Related Hazards (by Rep. Jonathan Fritz, et al.) | Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act amending definitions to provide definitions for flood-related hazards. Provides for small stream maintenance project permit. Small stream maintenance permits shall be established and authorized for mitigation of flood-related hazards of less than 250 linear feet or an area of less than one acre in size. The Department of Environmental Protection shall delegate permit review and approval responsibilities to county conservation districts. Provides an application shall include information on the project and the department may not require an applicant to specify professional engineering services or similar qualifications for proposed projects. Provides a county conservation district shall grant a permit if the district determines the proposed project complies with the act and related regulations. Provides no fee may be required for the permits.

Read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations, 6/7/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read third time, and passed House, 6/8/2022 (133-65)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/10/2022

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HB 2407  Jurisdiction of Fish and Boat Commission (by Rep. Joe Hamm, et al.) | Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act to remove references to Pennsylvania Fish Commission and insert provisions that specify the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) shall have no jurisdiction related to stream maintenance and or clearing activities, approval for stream maintenance or clearing activities do not require approval from PFBC, and authority may not be relegated to PFBC regarding stream maintenance or clearing activities.

Removed from the table, 6/7/2022
Amended on House floor, read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations, 6/8/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read third time, and passed House, 6/13/2022 (124-76)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/14/2022

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HB 2408 Culvert Maintenance (by Rep. Mike Armanini, et al.) | Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, providing a definition for culvert and providing the Department of Environmental Protection shall not require a permit or other authorization to perform maintenance activities on a culvert.

Read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations, 6/7/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read third time, and passed House, 6/8/2022 (120-78)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/10/2022

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HB 2409 Emergency Dam Clearing (by Rep. Tim O’Neal, et al.) | Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act providing permits are not required for the removal of flood-related hazards or related stream clearing projects that are deemed to be an emergency by state or county authorities.

Read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations, 6/7/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read third time, and passed House, 6/8/2022 (131-67)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/10/2022

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HB 2410  Bridge and Culvert Maintenance (by Rep. Brian Smith, et al.) | Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, providing definitions for bridge and culvert; and providing the Department of Environmental Protection may not require a permit for maintenance activities conducted 50 feet or less upstream or downstream of a bridge or culvert.

Read second time, and rereferred to House Appropriations, 6/7/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read third time, and passed House, 6/8/2022 (115-80)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, 6/10/2022

HB 1868 Military and Veterans' Licensure (by Rep. Zach Mako, et al.) | Amends Title 63 (Professions and Occupations (State Licensed)), repealing and replacing existing language and establishing a new chapter relating to military and veterans' licensure. Provides requirements for the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs relating to licensing for military applicants, examining relevant military experience, approving the renewal of licenses for deployed servicemembers, gathering license fees, and submitting information reports to various state officials.

Reported as committed from Senate Appropriations Committee, 6/14/2022
Read the third time, and passed Senate, 6/28/2022 (49-0)
Received as amended in House and rereferred House Rules Committee, 6/29/2022
House concurred in Senate amendments, 6/30/2022 (200-0)
Signed in the House and in the Senate, 6/30/2022
In the hands of the Governor, 7/1/2022.  Last day for Governor's action, 7/11/2022

HB 2398 Highly Automated Vehicles (by Rep. Donna Oberlander, et al.) | Amends Title 75 (Vehicles), providing for highly automated vehicles (HAVs). Provides for content and effect of certificate of title, platooning, accidents involving death or personal injury, accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property, duty to give information and render aid, immediate notice of the accident to the police department, the promulgation of vehicle equipment standards, requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles, and width of vehicles. Provides for operations, limitations, and safety regulations of HAVs. Provides nothing in the chapter will prohibit an HAV driver from controlling all or part of the dynamic driving task (DDT) or prohibit an HAV from operating without a driver. Provides for the operation of HAVs with an HAV driver and provides an HAV driver must be properly licensed. Tasks the HAV Advisory Committee with providing special reports to the General Assembly and posting the reports on the Department of Transportation's website. Provides for the operation of highly automated motor carrier vehicles and the operation of highly automated transportation network services. Provides highly automated motor carrier vehicles and transportation network services must be authorized by state law, including having a valid commercial driver's license. Establishes provisions relating to licensing and registration, insurance, control, and regulations relating to HAVs. Updates existing language to reflect changes. Provides, in section 102, relating to definitions, a definition for certificate holder and removes definitions of highly automated work zone vehicle and platoon. Replaces references to "owner" of HAV with "certificate holder" and references to "subchapter" with "title" throughout the bill. Removes the definition of the certificate holder in section 8501. Removes section 8502 (a) heading and (b) in its entirety. Amends section 8508(f) to clarify the insurance amount of $1,000,000 per incident. Amends language to provide clarity and change references to section 1106(b)(12) to section 1106. Amends technical section 16 to specify the amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. section 1106(b) is effective in one year. The remainder of the act is effective in 180 days.

Reported as amended from House Transportation Committee, read the first time, and rereferred to House Rules Committee, 6/8/2022
Reported as committed from House Rules Committee, amended on House floor, read the second time, and Rereferred to House Appropriations Committee, 6/15/2022
Reported as committed from House Appropriations, read the third time, and passed House, 6/20/2022 (123-77)
Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Transportation Committee, 6/21/2022