SB 185 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in lighting equipment, further providing for general lighting requirements.

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185487 2025THE INTRODUCEDGENERAL BYASSEMBLY HUTCHINSON,OF LANGERHOLC,PENNSYLVANIA STEFANO,SENATE ARGALL,BILL CULVERSession AND ROBINSON, JANUARY 24, 2025 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 24, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of theNo. Pennsylvania Consolidated general lighting requirements.t, further providing for The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

185 2025 INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, LANGERHOLC, STEFANO, ARGALL, CULVER, ROBINSON, DUSH AND FLYNN, JANUARY 24, 2025 SENATOR J.

WARD, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, MARCH 26, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in lighting equipment, further providing for general lighting requirements.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

* * * (b.1) Rear lighting retrofit.--A vehicle, other than a motor <-- carrier vehicle, with a gross vehicle weight of 14,000 pounds or less may be operated on a highway with an ornamental lamp bar or auxiliary lighting strip in combination with the stop lamps of the vehicle's rear lighting system, to which the following shall apply:

(B.1) REAR LIGHTING RETROFIT.-- <-- (1) A VEHICLE, OTHER THAN A MOTOR CARRIER VEHICLE, WITH A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF 14,000 POUNDS OR LESS MAY BE OPERATED ON A HIGHWAY WITH AN ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY LIGHTING STRIP IN COMBINATION WITH THE STOP LAMPS OF THE VEHICLE'S REAR LIGHTING SYSTEM, TO WHICH THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:

(I) THE ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY LIGHTING STRIP SHALL BE:

(A) THE SAME COLOR AND SIMILAR ILLUMINATION AS THE VEHICLE'S STOP LAMPS.

(B) IN SAFE OPERATING CONDITION.

(C) HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

IF A VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A SPARE TIRE ON THE REAR EXTERIOR ON THE VEHICLE, LIGHTING EQUIPMENT THAT IS MOUNTED WITHIN THE INNER WHEEL SHALL NOT PROTRUDE OUTSIDE OF THE WHEEL AT ANY POINT, OPERATE IN COMBINATION WITH THE STOP LAMPS AND COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(II) THE ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY LIGHTING STRIP MAY:

(A) CONTAIN LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE BULBS.

(B) OPERATE WITH A VEHICLE'S TURN SIGNAL.

(III) THE ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY LIGHTING STRIP MAY NOT FEATURE FLASHING OR REVOLVING LIGHTS, UNLESS THE ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY STRIP IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VEHICLE'S TURN SIGNAL.

20250SB0185PN0487 - 2 - (IV) A VEHICLE MAY NOT HAVE MORE THAN ONE ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY LIGHTING STRIP EQUIPPED.

(2) THIS SUBSECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A VEHICLE WITH ORIGINAL REAR LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FROM A MANUFACTURER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH AN ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY LIGHTING STRIP.

(3) AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION, THE TERM "ORNAMENTAL LAMP BAR OR AUXILIARY LIGHTING STRIP" SHALL MEAN NONORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FROM A MANUFACTURER, NON-BATTERY-POWERED LIGHTING EQUIPMENT THAT IS NO LONGER THAN 60 INCHES IN LENGTH, NO WIDER THAN 2 INCHES, NO DEEPER THAN ONE INCH AND IS HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION.

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