---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for classes of licenses; and in commercial drivers, further providing for requirement for commercial driver's license."
description: "An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for classes of licenses; and in commercial drivers, further providing for requirement for commercial driver's license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 725"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 725 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartolotta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785b1ad1-2f1d-43fd-b2e3-841ab74b93d9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=725"
source_hash: "eeb588376ea866bb7df785dbdebfd39debb152028c74ff47e54fdf7166153a82"
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 725 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for classes of licenses; and in commercial drivers, further providing for requirement for commercial driver's license.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0824** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0725&pn=0824)
2. **Printer's No. 1103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0725&pn=1103)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 725 PN 1103, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartolotta — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0824 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1103 Amended on third consideration
- **2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-17T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 90 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/785b1ad1-2f1d-43fd-b2e3-841ab74b93d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).