HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
FISCAL NOTE
HOUSE BILL NO. 4 10 PRINTER’ S NO. 1053 PRIME SPONSOR: O’Mara
COST
I (SAVINGS) FUND FY 2024/25 FY 2025/26
Motor License Fund $0 See Fiscal Impact
SUMMARY: House Bill 410 Printer’s Number 1053 allows individuals to renew a driver’s license or ID
card utilizing the most recent photo and signature on record with PennDOT. This legislation will take
effect in thirty-three (33) months .
ANALYSIS: This legislation amends Title 75 (Vehicle) Section 1510 (Issuance and content of driver's
license) to provide for the ability of a person to renew a driver’s license or photo ID card utilizing the
most recent photo and signature on file, who:
is a person with disability and meets requirements set within Section 1338 (Person with disability
plate and placard)
is a service- disabled veteran, certified at 100 percent by their service unity of the Armed Forces
or by Veteran’s Administration
is an individual who enters or is on active service duty in the armed forces of the United States in
a jurisdiction outside of the c ommonwealth, or a spouse, or dependent child of the individual who
resides with the individual
FISCAL IMPACT: The enactment of this legislation would have a fiscal impact on commonwealth
funds, specifically the Motor License Fund. According to PennDOT the fiscal impact from enactment of
this legislation consists of several components including:
IT System changes
Form changes
Hiring additional personnel (four Clerk Assistant 3 positions)
In the first year of the implementation of the legislation, the total fiscal impact would be $1,149,000,
which consists of the following components:
$785,000 in system changes,
$3,000 in form changes, and
$361,000 in recurring personnel costs associated with hiring of additional positions.
In the second year and thereafter, costs related to the legislation would be approximately $361,000,
consisting of personnel-related costs. All costs associated with the legislation would be realized within
the Motor License Fund.
PREPARED BY: Gueorgui Tochev, Senior Budget Analyst
House Appropriations Committee (D)
DATE: March 24, 2025
Estimates are calculated using the best information available. Actual costs and revenue impact incurred
may vary from estimates.