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2021–2022 Regular Session

House Bill 2398

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for content and effect of certificate of title; in rules of the road in general, repealing provisions relating to platooning; in miscellaneous provisions, providing for theft of catalytic converter; in miscellaneous provisions relating to accidents and accident reports, further providing for accidents involving death or personal injury, for accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property, for duty to give information and render aid, for accidents involving damage to unattended vehicle or property, and for immediate notice of accident to police department; in equipment standards, further providing for promulgation of vehicle equipment standards; in inspection of vehicles, further providing for requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles; in size, weight and load, further providing for width of vehicles; in powers of department and local authorities, further providing for specific powers of department and local authorities; and, in highly automated vehicles, further providing for definitions, for highly automated vehicles and for Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Committee, providing for certificate of compliance required, for powers of department, for self-certification application, for self-certification review, for operation requirements, for commercial operation, for preemption, for enforcement and penalties, for regulations and guidelines, for confidential records, for appeals and for interstate agreements; and adding provisions relating to other automated vehicles.

Became law as Act 130 of 2022, signed November 3, 2022, 238 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

March 10 to November 3, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action30 actions on 11 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 10 to Jun 20102 days

TransportationMar 10 to Jun 890 days

RulesJun 8 to Jun 157 days

AppropriationsJun 15 to Jun 205 days

In the SenateJun 20 to Oct 26128 days

TransportationJun 21 to Oct 18119 days

AppropriationsOct 24 to Oct 262 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesOct 26 to Oct 260 days

Waiting to be sentOct 26 to Oct 271 day

With the GovernorOct 27 to Nov 37 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading123–77

    Passed · Jun 20

  • Senate, third reading29–20

    Passed · Oct 26

  • House of Representatives, concurrence119–79

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Oct 26

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 8

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 15

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 18

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 10 – Jun 20

  1. Sent to TRANSPORTATION
  2. TRANSPORTATION recommended it as amended
  3. Sent to RULES
  4. RULES recommended it
  5. Amended and read a second time
  6. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  7. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  8. Passed the House of Representatives, 123 to 77

In the Senate Jun 21 – Oct 26

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to TRANSPORTATION
  3. TRANSPORTATION recommended it as amended
  4. Read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  7. Passed the Senate, 29 to 20

Back in the House of Representatives Oct 26

  1. Returned to the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to RULES
  3. The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes, 119 to 79
  4. Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Oct 26 – Nov 3

  1. Signed in the Senate
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Became Act 130 of 2022
All 30 actions, as published