---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in equipment standards, further providing for unlawful activities; in other required equipment, further providing for restraint systems; and abrogating regulations."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in equipment standards, further providing for unlawful activities; in other required equipment, further providing for restraint systems; and abrogating regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 298 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin Robinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6196af0c-f6c4-4290-b1bc-fe89b73c6fd0"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=713&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "9b654dd09ad4d322ed155ddfcaf6f5113f974b32f44f5869eb8f7f31973bcc61"
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 298 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in equipment standards, further providing for unlawful activities; in other required equipment, further providing for restraint systems; and abrogating regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01485** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01485)
2. **Printer's No. PN0248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0298/PN0248)
3. **Printer's No. PN0382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0298/PN0382)
4. **Printer's No. PN0990** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0298/PN0990)
5. **Senate Amendment A00093** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00093)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Devlin Robinson — primary (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Jarrett Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Langerholc — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 61 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6196af0c-f6c4-4290-b1bc-fe89b73c6fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).