republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-1246.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sustainable mobility options, establishing the State Safety Oversight Office and providing for its powers and duties."
description: "An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sustainable mobility options, establishing the State Safety Oversight Office and providing for its powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 1246"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1246 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Kearney"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-06-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca133e1a-c133-4703-bd7c-13ee096fe9dc"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=2222&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "79c6b4be4a09030b8b49a709cbc495af17205e6e70b971b068d7f6ab41084e86"
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 1246 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sustainable mobility options, establishing the State Safety Oversight Office and providing for its powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A05342** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05342)
2. **Printer's No. PN1693** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1246/PN1693)
3. **Printer's No. PN1720** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1246/PN1720)
4. **Printer's No. PN1780** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1246/PN1780)
5. **Printer's No. PN1805** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1246/PN1805)
6. **Senate Amendment A04849** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04849)
7. **Senate Amendment A05189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05189)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Transportation): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- A5342 — **171–30** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **140–62** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy Kearney — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 91 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca133e1a-c133-4703-bd7c-13ee096fe9dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).