HB 646 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for prohibiting use of hearing impairment devices.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-20
Latest action: — Act No. 43 of 2025, Nov. 6, 2025
Sponsors
- Zachary Mako (R, PA-183) — sponsor · 2025-02-20
- Barbara Gleim (R, PA-199) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Feb. 20, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, April 22, 2025
- · house — First consideration, April 22, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, April 22, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, May 12, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, May 13, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 13, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, May 14, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, May 14, 2025 (193-10)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, May 22, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, June 26, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, June 26, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, June 30, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 30, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, Oct. 6, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 28, 2025 (47-3)
- · house — Signed in House, Oct. 29, 2025
- · senate — Signed in Senate, Oct. 29, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, Oct. 29, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, Nov. 6, 2025
- — Act No. 43 of 2025, Nov. 6, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0655 · 1,828 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 655
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 646
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MAKO, GLEIM, KAUFFMAN, KENYATTA, REICHARD AND
SMITH, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 20, 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 prohibiting use of hearing impairment devices.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3314(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3314. Prohibiting use of hearing impairment devices.
9 * * *
10 (b) Exception.--This section does not prohibit the use of
11 hearing aids or other devices for improving the hearing of the
12 driver, nor does it prohibit the use of a headset in conjunction
13 with a cellular telephone that only provides sound through one
14 ear and allows surrounding sounds to be heard with the other
15 ear, nor does it prohibit the use of communication equipment by
16 the driver of an emergency vehicle or by motorcycle operators
17 complying with section 3525 (relating to protective equipment
18 for motorcycle riders)[.], nor does it prohibit motorcycle
1 operators complying with section 3525 from wearing or using one
2 or more headphones or earphones or protective headgear with the
3 same capabilities.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20250HB0646PN0655 - 2 -Connected on the graph
Outbound (4)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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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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 | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Mako (R, state_lower PA-183) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 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 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