HB 257 — An Act amending Titles 4 (Amusements), 74 (Transportation) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in interactive gaming, further providing for interactive gaming tax; in sustainable mobility options, further providing for definitions, for fund and for operating program and providing for annual performance evaluation and for operating a controlled substance injection site near infrastructure of a local transportation organization; in metropolitan transportation authorities, further providing for special prosecutor for mass transit; in public-private transportation partnerships, providing for metropolitan transportation authority projects; in licensing of drivers, further providing for persons ineligible for licensing, license issuance to minors and junior driver's license, for learners' permits, for application for driver's license or learner's permit by minor and for examination of applicant for driver's license; in miscellaneous provisions relating to operation of vehicles, providing for the offense of interference with operation or movement of a public transit vehicle and for sentencing enhancement for drug delivery on transit; in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminated signs; in taxes for highway maintenance and construction, providing for supplemental funding for three and four digit highway construction; and establishing the Supplemental Funding for Three and Four Digit State Routes Account in the Motor License Fund.

Congress · introduced 2025-01-22

Latest action: — Referred to RULES, Sept. 9, 2025

Action timeline

2025-01-22 · house — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 22, 2025
2025-01-27 · house — Reported as committed, Jan. 27, 2025
2025-01-27 · house — First consideration, Jan. 27, 2025
2025-01-27 · house — Laid on the table, Jan. 27, 2025
2025-01-29 · house — Removed from table, Jan. 29, 2025
2025-02-03 · house — Second consideration, Feb. 3, 2025
2025-02-03 · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 3, 2025
2025-02-04 · house — Re-reported as committed, Feb. 4, 2025
2025-02-04 · house — Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 4, 2025 (202-0)
2025-02-13 · senate — In the Senate
2025-02-13 · senate — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Feb. 13, 2025
2025-06-04 · senate — Reported as committed, June 4, 2025
2025-06-04 · senate — First consideration, June 4, 2025
2025-06-10 · senate — Second consideration, *opening vote* June 10, 2025 (50-0)
2025-06-11 · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS *opening vote*, June 11, 2025 (49-0)
2025-06-24 · senate — Re-reported as committed, June 24, 2025
2025-08-12 · senate — Third consideration, with amendments, Aug. 12, 2025 (27-22)
2025-08-12 · senate — Final passage, Aug. 12, 2025 (27-22)
2025-08-12 · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page ....), Aug. 12, 2025
2025-09-09 · house — In the House
2025-09-09 · house — Referred to RULES, Sept. 9, 2025

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Bill text

Printer's No. 0203 · 2,866 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.   203

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 257
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY NEILSON, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI,
        HADDOCK, HOHENSTEIN, KHAN, McANDREW, FREEMAN, BELLMON AND
        GREEN, JANUARY 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 2025


                                     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
 8             viewed educational materials provided on the department's
 9             publicly accessible Internet website on the dangers of
10             distracted driving and unsafe driving in a work zone,
11             which may include, but are not limited to, written,
12             electronic 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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Outbound (5)

date	type	to	amount	source
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania House Rules Committee	—	pa-leg
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee	—	pa-leg
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee	—	pa-leg
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee	—	pa-leg
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee	—	pa-leg

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Committees

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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Voted	Score
1	Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174)	sponsor	—	5
2	Anthony A. Bellmon (D, state_lower PA-203)	cosponsor	—	1
3	Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95)	cosponsor	—	1
5	Dave Madsen (D, state_lower PA-104)	cosponsor	—	1
6	G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190)	cosponsor	—	1
7	Jennifer O'Mara (D, state_lower PA-165)	cosponsor	—	1
8	Jeremy Shaffer (R, state_lower PA-28)	cosponsor	—	1
9	Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146)	cosponsor	—	1
11	Joe McAndrew (D, state_lower PA-32)	cosponsor	—	1
12	Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180)	cosponsor	—	1
13	Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, state_lower PA-177)	cosponsor	—	1
14	Justin C. Fleming (D, state_lower PA-105)	cosponsor	—	1
15	Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195)	cosponsor	—	1
16	Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136)	cosponsor	—	1
17	Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194)	cosponsor	—	1

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

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2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Rules Committee · pa-leg
2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee · pa-leg
2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee · pa-leg

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