---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in licensing of drivers, further providing for learners' permits, for examination of applicant for driver's license and for restrictions on drivers' licenses; in commercial drivers, further providing for notification requirements for drivers, for requirement for commercial driver's license, for commercial driver's license qualification standards and for disqualification; and in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in licensing of drivers, further providing for learners' permits, for examination of applicant for driver's license and for restrictions on drivers' licenses; in commercial drivers, further providing for notification requirements for drivers, for requirement for commercial driver's license, for commercial driver's license qualification standards and for disqualification; and in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2296"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2296 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mizgorski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5647a5ff-72ea-4c5b-964c-329832bafc85"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2296"
source_hash: "788356da11ec4a3466ecb571ee83c753be708e140698170d866dc834df1835f4"
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 2296 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in licensing of drivers, further providing for learners' permits, for examination of applicant for driver's license and for restrictions on drivers' licenses; in commercial drivers, further providing for notification requirements for drivers, for requirement for commercial driver's license, for commercial driver's license qualification standards and for disqualification; and in fees, further providing for exemption of persons, entities and vehicles from fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 3305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2296&pn=3305)
2. **Printer's No. 4542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2296&pn=4542)
3. **Senate Amendment A07642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=2296&pn=3305&aYear=2019&an=07642)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2296 PN 4542, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mizgorski — primary (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 3305 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4542 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `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`
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/5647a5ff-72ea-4c5b-964c-329832bafc85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).