---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in rules of the road in general, providing for platooning; and providing for highly automated vehicles."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in rules of the road in general, providing for platooning; and providing for highly automated vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1958"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1958 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rothman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60d3e934-3055-4699-bac6-4bf4857157a6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1958"
source_hash: "97c5d14aae662d738d562e1653f23516ce11b5d20f0953c79a223d592d37329e"
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 1958 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in rules of the road in general, providing for platooning; and providing for highly automated vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 2794** (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=1958&pn=2794)
2. **Printer's No. 2916** (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=1958&pn=2916)
3. **Printer's No. 3774** (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=1958&pn=3774)
4. **Printer's No. 4276** (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=1958&pn=4276)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1958 PN 4276, CONCUR — **181–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rothman — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Mustio — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2794 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2916 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3774 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-09-24T04:00:00+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 4276 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/60d3e934-3055-4699-bac6-4bf4857157a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).