republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-1958.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in rules of the road in general, providing for platooning; and providing for highly automated vehicles.	An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in rules of the road in general, providing for platooning; and providing for highly automated vehicles.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 1958	Pennsylvania HB 1958 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Rothman	4	24	5	2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/60d3e934-3055-4699-bac6-4bf4857157a6	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1958	97c5d14aae662d738d562e1653f23516ce11b5d20f0953c79a223d592d37329e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1958 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in rules of the road in general, providing for platooning; and providing for highly automated vehicles.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 2794 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2916 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3774 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 4276 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 191–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1958 PN 4276, CONCUR — 181–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rothman — primary (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Charlton — cosponsor (person)
• Diamond — cosponsor (person)
• Everett — cosponsor (person)
• Fee — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Helm — cosponsor (person)
• Keefer — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Mustio — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2794 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 PN 2916 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to TRANSPORTATION referral-committee
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3774 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4276 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 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/60d3e934-3055-4699-bac6-4bf4857157a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).