---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 4 (Amusements), 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for suspension of operating privileges of licensed drivers."
description: "An Act amending Titles 4 (Amusements), 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for suspension of operating privileges of licensed drivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 163 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saccone"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df109e7-44b1-4418-bae7-a9855a55fee9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=163"
source_hash: "21a3b9bc6c69cfa881c74779cd309e8b99bd38ffaf568c72fc5b951c50781de7"
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 HB 163 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 4 (Amusements), 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for suspension of operating privileges of licensed drivers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0163&pn=0127)
2. **Printer's No. 3123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0163&pn=3123)
3. **Printer's No. 3327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0163&pn=3327)
4. **Printer's No. 4053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0163&pn=4053)
5. **Printer's No. 4271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0163&pn=4271)

## Votes

- HB 163 PN 4271, CONCUR — **179–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 163 PN 3123, 2017 A6241, SACCONE — **187–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–3** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saccone — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Gainey — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- J. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0127 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3123 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3327 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4053 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4271 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+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/0df109e7-44b1-4418-bae7-a9855a55fee9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).