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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 553"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 553 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rafferty"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fec198b-d6be-48d5-a4f7-1d60f6e76718"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=553"
source_hash: "22f8156a62d047f748af6181e5d5bdfe9ee64c5bd0fcce4913c6d823b2600a43"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0553&pn=0590)
2. **Printer's No. 0949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0553&pn=0949)
3. **Printer's No. 0960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0553&pn=0960)
4. **Printer's No. 1037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0553&pn=1037)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fec198b-d6be-48d5-a4f7-1d60f6e76718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).