---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for suspension of operating privilege."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for suspension of operating privilege."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 987"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 987 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hennessey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ccd5f87-1bf9-40b2-a1ef-56d53ad83dd7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=987"
source_hash: "70da1d3aa196d4e23865961685aab1f4a8eb9bfa4f26c3a9ffb0971eddb4971e"
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 987 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for suspension of operating privilege.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1000** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0987&pn=1000)

## Votes

- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 987 PN 1000, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hennessey — primary (person)
- Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1000 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 107 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ccd5f87-1bf9-40b2-a1ef-56d53ad83dd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).