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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Requires Gas Stations to Display Federal and State Fuel Tax Labels on Dispensers
Last action · March 13, 2025: Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, March 13, 2025Sponsors: Tim Bonner and 6 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania requires fuel retailers to display clear tax transparency labels on automotive and diesel fuel dispensers, showing federal and state tax rates and their combined totals. The Department of Agriculture must design, provide, and maintain these labels at no cost to fuel retailers, who are exempt from liability for label maintenance. The Secretary of Agriculture must create the initial label design within 60 days of the effective date and update it within 60 days of any tax rate change.
Fuel consumers will see explicit breakdowns of federal and state taxes on gasoline and diesel directly at the pump, while gas station owners are relieved of the financial and legal responsibility for purchasing or maintaining the labels.
- House Bill 898 was introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during the 2025-2026 legislative session and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Retailers of automotive fuel and diesel fuel
Must host tax transparency labels on fuel dispensers while being legally exempt from liability and costs regarding label affixing and maintenance.
Department of Agriculture
Assumes duties to design, affix, maintain, and update fuel tax labels on dispensers and promulgate necessary regulations.
Consumers of automotive fuels or diesel fuel
Will see itemized federal and state tax rates and aggregate totals displayed directly on fuel dispensers.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is responsible for putting and maintaining the tax labels on the fuel pumps?
Do gas station owners have to pay for the fuel tax labels?
Will gas station owners be held liable if a label goes missing or is damaged?
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 13, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, March 13, 2025
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Shift of Labeling Burden to State Agency
The bill explicitly shields fuel retailers from liability and costs regarding tax label maintenance, placing the operational duty squarely on the Department of Agriculture.
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