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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for schedule of convictions and points; in rules of the road in general, further providing for duty of driver in emergency response areas; and, in offenses in general, further providing for the offenses of homicide by vehicle and of aggravated assault by vehicle."
+description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for schedule of convictions and points; in rules of the road in general, further providing for duty of driver in emergency response areas; and, in offenses in general, further providing for the offenses of homicide by vehicle and of aggravated assault by vehicle."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 1281"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1281 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mastriano"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-08-31T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f930f907-fdc3-439b-8ca8-56df8410cfd7"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1281"
+source_hash: "36d8d33c2dcdc2c7a9dc47c9770a674e0925b477c0e535356324f978c4621cfe"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania SB 1281 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for schedule of convictions and points; in rules of the road in general, further providing for duty of driver in emergency response areas; and, in offenses in general, further providing for the offenses of homicide by vehicle and of aggravated assault by vehicle.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A07356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1281&pn=1943&aYear=2019&an=07356)
+2. **House Amendment A07624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1281&pn=2040&aYear=2019&an=07624)
+3. **Printer's No. 1908** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1281&pn=1908)
+4. **Printer's No. 1943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1281&pn=1943)
+5. **Printer's No. 2040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1281&pn=2040)
+6. **Printer's No. 2103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1281&pn=2103)
+7. **Senate Amendment A07057** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1281&pn=1908&aYear=2019&an=07057)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 1281 PN 2040, 2019 A7624, KORTZ — **202–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mastriano — primary (person)
+- Argall — cosponsor (person)
+- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
+- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Iovino — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Regan — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-31T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1908 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1943 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2040 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2103 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f930f907-fdc3-439b-8ca8-56df8410cfd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+