SB 539 — An Act amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network companies, further providing for transportation network company drivers; and, in transportation network service, further providing for transportation network company drivers.

PRINTER'S NO.   525

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           SENATE BILL
                           No. 539
                                                   Session of
                                                     2025

     INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, KEARNEY, FONTANA, COLLETT AND KANE,
        APRIL 2, 2025

     REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
        APRIL 2, 2025


                                        AN ACT
 1   Amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 (Public
 2      Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
 3      transportation network companies, further providing for
 4      transportation network company drivers; and, in
 5      transportation network service, further providing for
 6      transportation network company drivers.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.        Section 57A12(b)(1) of Title 53 of the
10   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
11   § 57A12.    Transportation network company drivers.
12      * * *
13      (b)     Driver qualification requirements.--
14            (1)   No transportation network company shall engage any
15      person as a transportation network company driver unless the
16      transportation network company ascertains that the person:
17                  (i)    possesses and has possessed a valid State
18            driver's license or a valid driver's license of another
19            state, district or territory of the United States for at
 1             least one year prior to applying to become a
 2             transportation network company driver;
 3                   (ii)    is at least 21 years of age;
 4                   (iii)    has not had more than three moving violations
 5             or a major violation in the immediately preceding three-
 6             year period; [and]
 7                   (iv)    has not had a limousine or taxi driver
 8             certificate suspended or revoked by the authority due to
 9             a regulatory violation within the five years immediately
10             preceding his application to be a transportation network
11             company driver. The authority shall make a list of all
12             the drivers available to a transportation network company
13             upon request. The suspension or revocation of a license
14             by the authority because a driver was operating as a
15             transportation network company driver prior to the
16             effective date of this section shall not constitute
17             grounds for disqualification under this subsection[.];
18             and
19                   (v)    is a resident of Pennsylvania.
20             * * *
21      Section 2.         Section 2605(b) of Title 66 is amended by adding
22   a paragraph to read:
23   § 2605.    Transportation network company drivers.
24      * * *
25      (b)    Requirements for transportation network company
26   drivers.--A transportation network company driver must:
27             * * *
28             (3.1)   For purposes of providing prearranged rides
29      originating within this Commonwealth, be a resident of
30      Pennsylvania.

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2     Section 3.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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