republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-961.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for learner's permits and for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for the offenses of homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while driving under influence, aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, for accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed and for accidents involving certain vehicles; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for grading and for penalties.	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for learner's permits and for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for the offenses of homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while driving under influence, aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, for accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed and for accidents involving certain vehicles; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for grading and for penalties.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 961	Pennsylvania SB 961 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Rafferty	5	24	6	2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f5bbad7b-9294-4ea2-9512-01146d18fbc0	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=961	b509c3189de8e01e820e0bdbad5a99bceab80eec8934450b97f4af93d14a4773	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 961 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for learner's permits and for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for the offenses of homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while driving under influence, aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, for accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed and for accidents involving certain vehicles; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for grading and for penalties.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1337 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1390 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1585 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 2087 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 2098 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 961 PN 2087, 2017 A10110, MARSICO — 190–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 184–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 47–2 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 45–4 (pass) · upper
• SB 961 PN 1585, FINAL PASSAGE-RECONSIDERED — 45–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rafferty — primary (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1337 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1390 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1585 Amended on second consideration
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Vote on final passage reconsidered
• 2018-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Final passage passage
• 2018-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2087 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2098 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5bbad7b-9294-4ea2-9512-01146d18fbc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).