SB 1438

                                                PRINTER'S NO.   1906
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                   SENATE BILL
                   No. 1438
                                          Session of
                                            2026
INTRODUCED BY PENNYCUICK, YAW, DUSH, ROBINSON, MASTRIANO,
   FONTANA, BARTOLOTTA, BROWN, BAKER, VOGEL, STEFANO, MARTIN AND
   PICOZZI, AUGUST 19, 2026
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 19, 2026
                               AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2    Statutes, in registration of vehicles, providing for Green
3    Star Family plate.
4    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6    Section 1.    Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1365.1.   Green Star Family plate.
9    (a)   Issuance.--Upon application of a family member of a
10 person who died by suicide related to the person's military
11 service and who was discharged or released from service under
12 conditions other than dishonorable, accompanied by a fee of $28,
13 which shall be in addition to the annual or biennial
14 registration fee and by such documentation as the department
15 shall require, the department shall issue to the family member a
16 special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed
17 as belonging to a family member of a person who died by suicide
18 related to the person's military service. The department shall
1 design and produce the special registration plate carrying the
2 Green Star. The words "Green Star Family" shall be clearly
3 displayed along the bottom of the plate. The special
4 registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck
5 with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds.
6    (b)   Documentation required.--An applicant for a Green Star
7 Family plate shall certify on a form approved by the department
8 that the applicant is a family member of a person who died by
9 suicide related to the person's military service.
10    (c)   Definition.--As used in this section, the term "family
11 member" includes the following:
12(1)    Widow.
13(2)    Widower.
14(3)    Mother.
15(4)    Father.
16(5)    Stepmother.
17(6)    Stepfather.
18(7)    Mother through adoption.
19(8)    Father through adoption.
20(9)    Foster mother in loco parentis.
21(10)    Foster father in loco parentis.
22(11)    Son.
23(12)    Daughter.
24(13)    Stepson.
25(14)    Stepdaughter.
26(15)    Son by adoption.
27(16)    Daughter by adoption.
28(17)    Brother.
29(18)    Sister.
30(19)    Half brother.
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1(20)     Half sister.
2   Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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