---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for duty of driver in emergency response areas."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for duty of driver in emergency response areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 288 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rafferty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad3069eb-b1fb-4a05-ae2f-bd5d9fd3205d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=288"
source_hash: "9e4fcb3e180ff280f55fb7e0974ae88fbcdd8904ba344b7d9b316d0311508343"
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 288 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for duty of driver in emergency response areas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 0274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0288&pn=0274)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rafferty — primary (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0274 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+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/ad3069eb-b1fb-4a05-ae2f-bd5d9fd3205d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).