---
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).