HB 1788 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act amending Titles 74 (Transportation) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sustainable mobility options, further providing for operating program; in metropolitan transportation authorities, providing for supplemental performance reporting; providing for Public Transportation Trust Fund transfer and annual increase; establishing the Road and Bridge Project Fund and the Road and Bridge Project Sinking Fund; in public-private transportation partnerships, providing for applicable authority projects; in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminating signs; in taxes for highway maintenance and construction, further providing for supplemental funding for three and four digit highway construction; and establishing the Three and Four Digit State Route Account.

HB 1788 amends Pennsylvania's transportation laws to improve oversight of transit authorities and fund infrastructure projects. It requires metropolitan transportation authorities to meet new performance standards for fare evasion, bus routes, and public-private partnerships, with consequences for non-compliance. The bill establishes the Public Transportation Trust Fund (funded by 6.15% of certain tax revenues), the Road and Bridge Project Fund for highway maintenance, and a Sinking Fund for bond repayment. These funds will finance road/bridge projects, while mandatory annual reports to legislative committees will track authority spending and progress toward fiscal goals.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2025

Committee Review

Aug 2025

House Passage

Aug 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Aug 6, 2025 Last action Aug 15, 2025

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Printer's No. PN2194 → Printer's No. PN2206 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill update adds more sponsors to the legislation and refines the requirements for public transportation authorities to improve service reliability and safety. It expands the scope of performance criteria to include bus routes and public-private partnerships, clarifies how bond proceeds can be secured, and removes a restriction preventing the use of specific highway funds for bridge maintenance.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include bus routes and public-private transportation partnerships in performance criteria, and the list of bill sponsors was significantly increased.

SCOPE

Added multiple new sponsors (Neilson, Hohenstein, Guzman, Bellmon, Shusterman, J. Harris, Green, Waxman, Cephas, Gallagher, Sappey, Fiedler, O'Mara, Giral, Isaacson, Burgos, Merski, Parker, Solomon, Mullins, and Khan) to the bill.

REQUIREMENT

Expanded system performance criteria for transportation authorities to explicitly include 'bus routes' and 'public-private transportation partnerships' alongside fare evasion improvements.

Removed a restriction that prohibited using money in the Three and Four Digit State Route Account for bridge maintenance.

TECHNICAL

Clarified bond security language by adding 'OR' to allow bonds to be secured by a trust indenture or other means, and added 'PLEDGE' to clarify the type of loan agreements that can be pledged.

Floor votes · House Aug 11, 2025

How they voted

108–95

Passed

Total votes 203

Aug 11, 2025

D Democratic102

101 Yea 1 Nay

99% Yea

R Republican101

7 Yea 94 Nay

93% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Aug 15, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation

upper

Aug 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third consideration and final passage

lower

Aug 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended on third consideration

lower

Aug 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

Aug 10, 2025

Committee

Re-committed to Appropriations

lower

Aug 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

Aug 8, 2025

Committee

Re-committed to Rules

lower

Aug 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported as committed

lower

Aug 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Transportation

lower

1 primary · 21 co-sponsors