---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for prohibiting use of hearing impairment devices."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for prohibiting use of hearing impairment devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 646 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zachary Mako"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/598589df-55ae-44e7-8cab-acde8867b997"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=346&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "743fb9d4770ca5202d3d5fb37be073875440636f2b57e1bc9436fb1c1e76f04a"
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 646 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for prohibiting use of hearing impairment devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0655** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0646/PN0655)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Committed — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Committed — **25–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–10** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zachary Mako — primary (person)
- Barbara Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Reichard — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Kauffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 43 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/598589df-55ae-44e7-8cab-acde8867b997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).