State Lawmaker Proposes Suspending Gas Tax

A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed a way to save drivers money as fuel costs continue to rise. State Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-District 18) says she plans to introduce legislation to temporarily suspend Pennsylvania’s gasoline tax. The move comes as conflict in the Middle East disrupts the global oil industry. “My legislation would temporarily suspend the state gasoline tax for 60 days to provide immediate relief at the pump for commuters and working families across the Commonwealth,” Boscola said in a request for co-sponsors. Boscola, who proposed similar legislation following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, says the state would use bonding to cover any short-term loss to the Motor License Fund so road projects and state police funding would not be affected. That measure, however, never made it out of the Senate Transportation Committee.