SB 696 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for special speed limitations.

PRINTER'S NO.   723

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         SENATE BILL
                         No. 696
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, FONTANA, VOGEL, COSTA, SAVAL,
        STEFANO, SCHWANK AND BROWN, APRIL 30, 2025

     REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 30, 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 special speed limitations.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 3365(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 3365.    Special speed limitations.
 9      * * *
10      (b)    School zones.--
11             (1)   When passing through a school zone as defined and
12      established under regulations of the department, no person
13      shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than 15 miles per
14      hour. An official traffic-control device shall indicate the
15      beginning and end of each school zone to traffic approaching
16      in each direction. Establishment of a school zone, including
17      its location and hours of operation, shall be approved by the
18      department.
1         (2)   A speed limitation in a school zone during regular
2     school hours may be established and enforced regardless of
3     whether students are permitted to walk to and from a school
4     that is within the school zone.
5     * * *
6     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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