PennsylvaniaOnline renewals could offer $5 gifts for deaf communication access
If enacted, the department would let people renewing online contribute $5 to the Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for communication access.
What it does
People renewing a driver’s license, ID card, or vehicle registration online could add an optional $5 contribution for communication access for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Argument forPeople renewing online could give $5 toward communication access for deaf and hard-of-hearing people through each listed renewal.
Argument againstPeople who renew in person or by mail may not get this giving option through those renewals, since it applies only to online renewals.
More detail
The department would offer an optional $5 contribution during each listed online renewal. The option would appear when a person renews a driver’s license, ID card, or vehicle registration online through the department’s public website. A person may make one contribution for each driver’s license or ID card renewal and one for each vehicle registration renewal. The Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing must use contributions only for communication access for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. The office must repay the Motor License Fund for the department’s actual costs of running the program. The act would take effect 60 days after enactment. The department would have up to one year after the contribution section takes effect to offer the option.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 13Referred to TransportationLatest
- Sep 29Third consideration and final passagePassed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 29Re-reported as committedMinor
- Jul 1Re-committed to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded A4087. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 1Second consideration, with amendmentsMinor
- Jul 1Re-reported as committedMinor
- Jun 16Re-committed to RulesMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment A03644. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 16First considerationMinor
- Jun 16Reported as amendedMajor
- Jun 3Re-referred to TransportationMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Finance): Re-refer Bill To Another Committee. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 3Reported with request to re-refer to TransportationMinor
- May 28Referred to FinanceIntroduced
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