HB 2283 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for determination of incompetency.

PRINTER'S NO.   2989

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2283
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY SCHLEGEL, KUZMA, ROWE AND BANTA, MARCH 11, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 12, 2026


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
 3      determination of incompetency.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 1519(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
 8   adding a subsection to read:
 9   § 1519.    Determination of incompetency.
10      * * *
11      (c)    Recall or suspension of operating privilege.--
12             [The] (1)   Except as provided under subsection (d), the
13      department shall recall the operating privilege of any person
14      whose incompetency has been established under the provisions
15      of this chapter. The recall shall be for an indefinite period
16      until satisfactory evidence is presented to the department in
17      accordance with regulations to establish that such person is
18      competent to drive a motor vehicle.
19             (2)   The department shall suspend the operating privilege
 1    of any person who refuses or fails to comply with the
 2    requirements of this section until [that] the person [does
 3    comply] complies and [that] the person's competency to drive
 4    is established.
 5          (3)   Any person aggrieved by recall or suspension of the
 6    operating privilege may appeal in the manner provided in
 7    section 1550. The judicial review shall be limited to whether
 8    the person is competent to drive in accordance with the
 9    provisions of the regulations promulgated under section 1517
10    (relating to Medical Advisory Board).
11    (d)   Coronary condition exemption.--
12          (1)   Notwithstanding subsection (c), the department may
13    not recall the operating privilege of an individual who
14    experiences a syncope due to a coronary condition if the
15    following conditions are met:
16                (i)    The coronary condition can be treated, as
17          determined by a physician, by the medical implantation of
18          a pacemaker into the individual.
19                (ii)    A pacemaker in proper working condition has
20          been medically implanted into the individual.
21                (iii)    The individual has not experienced a syncope
22          for at least seven days from the date of the medical
23          implantation of the pacemaker.
24                (iv)    The individual's physician provides a report to
25          the department attesting to the following:
26                       (A)   The requirements of subparagraphs (i), (ii)
27                and (iii) have been met.
28                       (B)   The medical installation of the pacemaker
29                has a reasonable expectation to prevent the
30                individual from experiencing a syncope in the future.

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 1                  (C)   The individual is physically qualified to
 2              drive.
 3        (2)   If the individual experiences an additional syncope
 4    after the submission of the report to the department under
 5    paragraph (1), the physician shall report the individual's
 6    syncope to the department, and the department may recall the
 7    operating privilege of the individual.
 8        (3)   The provisions of subsection (b) relating to the
 9    confidentiality of reports and use of reports as evidence
10    shall apply to reports made by a physician under this
11    subsection.
12        (4)   Section 1518 (relating to reports on mental or
13    physical disabilities or disorders) shall apply to reports
14    made by a physician under this subsection.
15        (5)   This subsection shall not apply to the suspension,
16    revocation, recall, disqualification or cancellation of a
17    commercial driver's license.
18    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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