HB 2073

                                                   PRINTER'S NO.   2656
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 2073
                                          Session of
                                            2025
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, HILL-EVANS, BOROWSKI, D. WILLIAMS AND
   PROBST, DECEMBER 1, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 3, 2025
                               AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2    Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for
3    disqualification; in general provisions relating to operation
4    of vehicles, further providing for obedience to traffic-
5    control devices; and imposing penalties.
6    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8    Section 1.    Section 1611 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
10 § 1611.    Disqualification.
11    * * *
12    (r)    Disqualification for disobedience to traffic-control
13 devices.--The department shall disqualify a person from driving
14 a commercial motor vehicle or school vehicle for life for a
15 third or subsequent violation of section 3111(a.1)(1.1)
16 (relating to obedience to traffic-control devices).
17    Section 2.    Section 3111(a.1) of Title 75 is amended and the
18 section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
19 § 3111.    Obedience to traffic-control devices.
1  * * *
2  (a.1)   Penalty.--
3      (1)   [A] Except as provided for under paragraph (1.1), a
4  person who violates this section commits a summary offense
5  and shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of $150. No costs or
6  surcharges imposed under 42 Pa.C.S. § 1725.1 (relating to
7  costs) or section 6506 (relating to surcharge) shall be
8  assessed or imposed upon a conviction under this section.
9      (1.1)     (i)      A commercial driver's license holder who
10      violates this section while operating a commercial motor
11      vehicle commits a summary offense and shall, upon
12      conviction:
13(A)    For a first offense, pay a fine of $1,000.
14(B)    For a second or subsequent offense, pay a
15fine of $5,000.
16(ii)      In addition to the fines contained in
17      subparagraph (i), the employer of a commercial driver's
18      license holder convicted of violating this section shall
19      pay an additional fine of $1,000 for the commercial
20      driver's license holder's first offense and $5,000 for
21      the commercial driver's license holder's second or
22      subsequent offense. This subparagraph does not apply if
23      the commercial driver's license holder and employer are
24      the same person.
25      (2)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
26  including 42 Pa.C.S. § 3733(a) (relating to deposits into
27  account), the [fine collected under paragraph (1)] fines
28  collected under paragraphs (1) and (1.1) shall be deposited
29  as follows:
30(i)    Twenty-five dollars of the fine shall be
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1deposited as provided under 42 Pa.C.S. § 3733(a).
2(ii)    After deposit of the amount under subparagraph
3(i), the remaining portion of the fine shall be deposited
4into the Public Transportation Trust Fund.
5    * * *
6    (e)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
7 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
8 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
9    "Commercial driver's license holder."      As defined in section
10 1603 (relating to definitions).
11    "Commercial motor vehicle."      As defined in section 1603.
12    "Employer."      As defined in section 1603.
13    Section 3.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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