republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-553.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for surrender of license, for period of disqualification, revocation or suspension of operating privilege, for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, for chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance, for probationary license and for ignition interlock limited license; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for penalties, for ignition interlock and for illegally operating a motor vehicle not equipped with ignition interlock.	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for surrender of license, for period of disqualification, revocation or suspension of operating privilege, for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, for chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance, for probationary license and for ignition interlock limited license; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for penalties, for ignition interlock and for illegally operating a motor vehicle not equipped with ignition interlock.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 553	Pennsylvania SB 553 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Rafferty	4	24	5	2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0fec198b-d6be-48d5-a4f7-1d60f6e76718	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=553	22f8156a62d047f748af6181e5d5bdfe9ee64c5bd0fcce4913c6d823b2600a43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 553 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for surrender of license, for period of disqualification, revocation or suspension of operating privilege, for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, for chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance, for probationary license and for ignition interlock limited license; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for penalties, for ignition interlock and for illegally operating a motor vehicle not equipped with ignition interlock.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0590 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0949 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 0960 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 1037 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 188–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rafferty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0590 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0949 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0960 Amended on third consideration
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1037 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0fec198b-d6be-48d5-a4f7-1d60f6e76718. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).