HB 2336

                                                PRINTER'S NO.     3110
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 2336
                                          Session of
                                            2026
INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, GIRAL, HARKINS, HOHENSTEIN, GUZMAN, HILL-
   EVANS, FREEMAN, DOUGHERTY, McANDREW, MALAGARI, SANCHEZ,
   MERSKI, GALLAGHER, CIRESI, BELLMON, STEELE, DEASY AND CEPEDA-
   FREYTIZ, MARCH 30, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 30, 2026
                                AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2    Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
3    learners' permits and for examination of applicant for
4    driver's license.
5    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7    Section 1.    Section 1505(e)(2)(iii) of Title 75 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, amended June 5, 2024
9 (P.L.366, No.18), is amended to read:
10 § 1505.    Learners' permits.
11    * * *
12    (e)    Authorization to test for driver's license and junior
13 driver's license.--A person with a learner's permit is
14 authorized to take the examination for a regular or junior
15 driver's license for the class of vehicle for which a permit is
16 held. Before a person under the age of 18 years may take the
17 examination for a junior driver's license, including a Class M
18 license to operate a motorcycle, the minor must:
1* * *
2(2)   Present to the department a certification form
3    signed by the father, mother, guardian, person in loco
4    parentis or spouse of a married minor stating that the minor
5    applicant has:
6* * *
7(iii)   printed, at the department's discretion, or
8viewed educational materials provided on the department's
9publicly accessible Internet website on the dangers of
10distracted driving and unsafe driving in a work zone,
11which may include, but are not limited to, written,
12electronic or video materials.
13* * *
14    Section 2.      Section 1508 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
15 subsection to read:
16 § 1508.    Examination of applicant for driver's license.
17    * * *
18    (c.2)     Work zone awareness.--The portion of the examination
19 on traffic laws shall contain at least one question relating to
20 the driver's ability to understand how to drive safely in a work
21 zone. The driver's manual shall include a section relating to
22 how to drive safely in a work zone, along with related
23 penalties.
24    * * *
25    Section 3.      This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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