The start of the new year brings with it some new laws in Pennsylvania, including the decriminalization of fentanyl test strips, a bill introduced by Representative Jim Struzzi that the governor signed into law in November. The strips are used to determine the presence of fentanyl in other drugs or substances. Also becoming law in 2023 is a crackdown on turnpike toll skippers. Starting this month, the Turnpike Commission will be notifying drivers with at least four unpaid tolls or $250 overdue that their vehicle registration could be suspended.
Other new laws beginning this year are one that prohibits police from pulling over drivers whose license plate frame partially covers their plate. Now you can be pulled over for a license plate violation only if vital information like the actual plate number is obscured. And state agencies, local municipalities, and their contractors must notify victims of a data breach within seven days of it being identified if personally identifiable information is involved.
Finally, a new state law allows for the regulation and operation of highly automated vehicles, with or without a driver behind the wheel.
Pennsylvania’s corporate net income tax goes down today from 9.99 percent to 8.99 percent, while gasoline taxes go up three cents per gallon today, from 58 cents to 61 cents.
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