HB 291 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for additional parking regulations.

PRINTER'S NO.   226

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 291
                                                  Session of
                                                    2025

     INTRODUCED BY DALEY, MALONEY, NEILSON, KHAN, VENKAT, HILL-EVANS,
        FIEDLER, COOK, DONAHUE, JAMES, GIRAL, WAXMAN, SOLOMON,
        KRAJEWSKI, SANCHEZ, BRENNAN, STEELE AND SCHLOSSBERG,
        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 rules of the road in general, further providing
 3      for additional parking regulations.
 4      This act may be referred to as Susan's and Emily's Law.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.     Section 3354(d)(2.1) and (f) of Title 75 of the
 8   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
 9   is amended by adding a subsection to read:
10   § 3354.    Additional parking regulations.
11      * * *
12      (b.1)    Protected pedestrian plazas and pedalcycle lanes.--
13             (1)   When there is an on-street pedestrian plaza or a
14      pedalcycle lane adjacent to the right-hand curb of a two-way
15      or one-way highway, a vehicle standing or parked upon the
16      right-hand side of the two-way or one-way highway shall be
17      positioned in the direction of authorized traffic movement
 1    with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and
 2    within 12 inches of the outside line of the buffer area
 3    between the pedestrian plaza or pedalcycle lane and parking.
 4          (2)   When there is an on-street pedestrian plaza or a
 5    pedalcycle lane adjacent to the left-hand curb of a one-way
 6    or median-divided, two-way highway, a vehicle standing or
 7    parked upon the left-hand side of the highway shall be
 8    positioned in the direction of authorized traffic movement
 9    with the left-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and
10    within 12 inches of the outside line of the buffer area
11    between the pedestrian plaza or pedalcycle lane and parking.
12          (3)   Nothing under this section shall be deemed to
13    prevent a local authority from enacting parking regulations
14    under section 6109 (relating to specific powers of department
15    and local authorities) to provide for a special, alternative
16    or temporary configuration and signage for parking on a
17    highway with an on-street pedestrian plaza or pedalcycle
18    lane.
19          (4)   Nothing under this section shall be deemed to apply
20    to the stopping or standing of school buses or school
21    vehicles when receiving or discharging school students. A
22    school bus or school vehicle may stop or stand as close as
23    practicable to the curb or shoulder.
24    * * *
25    (d)   Person with a disability and disabled veterans.--
26          * * *
27          (2.1)   Local authorities may limit access to a parking
28    space reserved under paragraph (2) to a specific vehicle,
29    license plate or other method of designation. Under this
30    paragraph, local authorities may charge a reasonable fee and

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 1      shall comply with section 6109 [(relating to specific powers
 2      of department and local authorities)] and the Americans with
 3      Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327).
 4            * * *
 5      (f)   Penalty.--A person violating subsection (a), (b), (b.1)
 6   or (d)(1) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon
 7   conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15. A
 8   person violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e) is guilty of a
 9   summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
10   a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200. If a person is
11   convicted under subsection (d)(2) or (3) in the absence of a
12   sign stating the penalty amount, the fine imposed may not exceed
13   $50. A person violating subsection (d.1) is guilty of a summary
14   offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
15   of not less than $100 nor more than $300.
16      * * *
17      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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