HB 998 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for qualifications for school bus driver endorsement; and, in commercial drivers, further providing for requirement for commercial driver's license.

PRINTER'S NO.   1087

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 998
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY STRUZZI, BANTA, COOPER, GUZMAN, KENYATTA AND
        SMITH, MARCH 24, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 24, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
 3      qualifications for school bus driver endorsement; and, in
 4      commercial drivers, further providing for requirement for
 5      commercial driver's license.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    Section 1509 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 9   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
10   § 1509.    Qualifications for school bus driver endorsement.
11      * * *
12      (d)    Exemption.--The department may not require an individual
13   who operates a school bus used to transport preprimary, primary
14   or secondary school students to or from public, private or
15   parochial schools or events related to the schools or school-
16   related activities and designed to carry 11 to 15 passengers,
17   including the driver, to obtain a school bus driver endorsement.
18      Section 2.    Section 1606(b) of Title 75 is amended by adding
19   a paragraph to read:
 1   § 1606.    Requirement for commercial driver's license.
 2      * * *
 3      (b)    Exemptions.--The following persons are not required to
 4   obtain a commercial driver's license in order to drive the
 5   commercial motor vehicle specified:
 6             * * *
 7             (9)   A person who operates a school bus used to transport
 8      preprimary, primary or secondary school students to or from
 9      public, private or parochial schools or events related to the
10      schools or school-related activities and designed to carry 11
11      to 15 passengers, including the driver.
12      * * *
13      Section 3.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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