HB 918 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in general provisions relating to operation of vehicles, further providing for traffic-control signals and for pedestrian-control signals; in special vehicles and pedestrians, further providing for right-of-way of pedestrians in crosswalks; and imposing penalties.

PRINTER'S NO.    967

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 918
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, KHAN, CIRESI,
        SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND GREEN, MARCH 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 17, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for
 3      definitions; in general provisions relating to operation of
 4      vehicles, further providing for traffic-control signals and
 5      for pedestrian-control signals; in special vehicles and
 6      pedestrians, further providing for right-of-way of
 7      pedestrians in crosswalks; and imposing penalties.
 8      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 9   hereby enacts as follows:
10      Section 1.    Section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
11   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
12   § 102.   Definitions.
13      Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
14   provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
15   provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
16   used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
17   indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
18      * * *
19      "Half of the roadway."    All traffic lanes conveying traffic
20   in one direction of travel and the entire width of a one-way
 1   roadway.
 2      * * *
 3      Section 2.     Section 3112(a) of Title 75 is amended by adding
 4   a paragraph and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
 5   read:
 6   § 3112.    Traffic-control signals.
 7      (a)     General rule.--Whenever traffic is controlled by
 8   traffic-control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or
 9   colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in
10   combination, only the colors green, red and yellow shall be
11   used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word
12   legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of
13   vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
14             * * *
15             (4)   Pedestrians lawfully within intersection or adjacent
16      crosswalk.--The driver of a vehicle required to yield the
17      right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection
18      or an adjacent crosswalk shall stop and remain stopped for a
19      pedestrian crossing a roadway at a crosswalk when the
20      pedestrian is upon, or within one lane of, the half of the
21      roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or onto which the
22      vehicle is turning.
23      * * *
24      (d)     Penalties.--A driver of a vehicle who violates this
25   section commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be
26   sentenced to pay:
27             (1)   Except as specified under paragraph (2), a fine of
28      $50.
29             (2)   For a violation of subsection (a), a fine of not
30      less than $200 if the violation occurred in a school zone as

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 1      defined and established under regulations of the department.
 2      Section 3.     Section 3113(c) of Title 75 is amended and the
 3   section is amended by adding subsections to read:
 4   § 3113.    Pedestrian-control signals.
 5      * * *
 6      (a.1)    Duty of driver.--The driver of a vehicle required to
 7   yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian under subsection (a)(1),
 8   (3) or (4) shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian
 9   to cross the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is
10   upon, or within one lane of, the half of the roadway upon which
11   the vehicle is traveling or onto which the vehicle is turning.
12      * * *
13      (c)     Penalties.--[The driver of a vehicle who violates
14   subsection (a) commits a summary offense and, upon conviction,
15   shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $50. This subsection] A
16   driver of a vehicle who violates this section commits a summary
17   offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay:
18             (1)   Except as specified under paragraph (2), a fine of
19      $50.
20             (2)   For a violation of subsection (a), a fine of not
21      less than $200 if the violation occurred in a school zone as
22      defined and established under regulations of the department.
23      (d)     Applicability.--Subsection (c) shall not apply to those
24   municipalities that establish a summary offense as authorized
25   under subsection (b) with a fine in excess of $50.
26      Section 4.     Section 3542(a) and (e) of Title 75 are amended
27   to read:
28   § 3542.    Right-of-way of pedestrians in crosswalks.
29      (a)     General rule.--When traffic-control signals are not in
30   place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield

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 1   the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any
 2   marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an
 3   intersection. The driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain
 4   stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a
 5   marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an
 6   intersection when the pedestrian is upon, or within one lane of,
 7   the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or
 8   onto which the vehicle is turning.
 9      * * *
10      (e)    Penalties.--[The driver of a vehicle who violates
11   subsection (a) commits a summary offense and shall, upon
12   conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50.] A driver of a
13   vehicle who violates this section commits a summary offense and
14   shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay:
15             (1)   Except as specified under paragraph (2), a fine of
16      $50.
17             (2)   For a violation of subsection (a), a fine of not
18      less than $200 if the violation occurred in a school zone as
19      defined and established under regulations of the department.
20      Section 5.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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