An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for surrender of license, for period of disqualification, revocation or suspension of operating privilege, for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, for chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance, for probationary license and for ignition interlock limited license; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for penalties, for ignition interlock and for illegally operating a motor vehicle not equipped with ignition interlock.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Jul 2017
Senate Passage
Jul 2017
House Passage
Jul 2017
Signed into Law
Jul 2017
Introduced Mar 24, 2017
Signed Jul 20, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Jul 20, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
upper
Jul 10, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments
upper
Jul 9, 2017
Upper · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
upper
Jul 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
upper
Jul 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jul 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jul 7, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Jun 28, 2017
Lower · Passed
PN 1037 Reported as amended
lower
Jun 21, 2017
Committee
Referred to TRANSPORTATION
lower
Jun 19, 2017
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jun 14, 2017
Introduced
PN 0960 Amended on third consideration
upper
Mar 28, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
PN 0590 Referred to TRANSPORTATION
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John C. Rafferty
RRepublican
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