(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A GMC logo is displayed on the front grille of a vehicle at the New York International Auto Show, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. General Motors is recalling more than 740,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because the headlight beams that can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers. The recall announced Tuesday, March 22, 2022, comes after U.S. safety regulators turned down a request from the Detroit automaker to avoid the recall. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Senate passed legislation this week sponsored by Senator Camera Bartolotta (R-46) to prohibit future vehicle mandates in Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 990 would protect Pennsylvanians’ ability to choose their preferred vehicle by preserving future state mandates on specific vehicle purchases, and this would protect consumer choice, encourage innovation, and help prevent higher costs associated with uniform mandates. The bill also supports an approach that is comprehensive to transportation that includes gas and diesel-powered vehicles, hybrids, electric vehicles, and emerging technologies to allow new advancements to develop and compete. This bill now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration.