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2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 257

An Act amending Titles 4 (Amusements), 74 (Transportation) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in interactive gaming, further providing for interactive gaming tax; in sustainable mobility options, further providing for definitions, for fund and for operating program and providing for annual performance evaluation and for operating a controlled substance injection site near infrastructure of a local transportation organization; in metropolitan transportation authorities, further providing for special prosecutor for mass transit; in public-private transportation partnerships, providing for metropolitan transportation authority projects; in licensing of drivers, further providing for persons ineligible for licensing, license issuance to minors and junior driver's license, for learners' permits, for application for driver's license or learner's permit by minor and for examination of applicant for driver's license; in miscellaneous provisions relating to operation of vehicles, providing for the offense of interference with operation or movement of a public transit vehicle and for sentencing enhancement for drug delivery on transit; in lighting equipment, further providing for use and display of illuminated signs; in taxes for highway maintenance and construction, providing for supplemental funding for three and four digit highway construction; and establishing the Supplemental Funding for Three and Four Digit State Routes Account in the Motor License Fund.

Passed both houses on August 12, 2025, and waits to be sent to the Governor.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

16 co-sponsors

Benjamin V. Sanchez, Jose Giral, Carol Hill-Evans, Joe Ciresi, Jim Haddock, Joseph C. Hohenstein, Tarik Khan, Joe McAndrew, ROBERT FREEMAN, Anthony A. Bellmon, G. Roni Green, Justin C. Fleming, Jennifer O'Mara, Jeremy Shaffer, Keith S. Harris, Dave Madsen

Its course

January 22 to September 9, 2025, 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 action21 actions on 12 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Feb 413 days

TransportationJan 22 to Jan 275 days

AppropriationsFeb 3 to Feb 41 day

In the SenateFeb 4 to Aug 12189 days

TransportationFeb 13 to Jun 4111 days

AppropriationsJun 11 to Jun 2413 days

Waiting to be sentFrom Aug 12

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading202–0

    Passed · Feb 4

  • Senate, third reading50–0

    Jun 10

  • APPROPRIATIONS49–0

    Jun 11

  • Senate, amendment27–22

    Aug 12

  • Senate, third reading27–22

    Passed · Aug 12

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Aug 12

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 Jan 22 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 22Sent to TRANSPORTATION
  2. Jan 27TRANSPORTATION recommended it
  3. Feb 3Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Feb 4APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 202 to 0

In the Senate Feb 13 – Aug 12

  1. Feb 13Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to TRANSPORTATION
  3. Jun 4TRANSPORTATION recommended it
  4. Jun 10Read a second time
  5. Jun 11Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. Jun 24APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  7. Aug 12Amended and read a third time
  8. Passed the Senate, 27 to 22

To the Governor Sep 9

  1. Sep 9Returned to the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to RULES
All 21 actions, as published
  1. Jan 22Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Jan. 22, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Jan 27Reported as committed, Jan. 27, 2025House of Representatives
  3. Jan 27First consideration, Jan. 27, 2025House of Representatives
  4. Jan 27Laid on the table, Jan. 27, 2025House of Representatives
  5. Jan 29Removed from table, Jan. 29, 2025House of Representatives
  6. Feb 3Second consideration, Feb. 3, 2025House of Representatives
  7. Feb 3Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 3, 2025House of Representatives
  8. Feb 4Re-reported as committed, Feb. 4, 2025House of Representatives
  9. Feb 4Third consideration and final passage, Feb. 4, 2025 (202-0)House of Representatives
  10. Feb 13In the SenateSenate
  11. Feb 13Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Feb. 13, 2025Senate
  12. Jun 4Reported as committed, June 4, 2025Senate
  13. Jun 4First consideration, June 4, 2025Senate
  14. Jun 10Second consideration, *opening vote* June 10, 2025 (50-0)Senate
  15. Jun 11Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS *opening vote*, June 11, 2025 (49-0)Senate
  16. Jun 24Re-reported as committed, June 24, 2025Senate
  17. Aug 12Third consideration, with amendments, Aug. 12, 2025 (27-22)Senate
  18. Aug 12Final passage, Aug. 12, 2025 (27-22)Senate
  19. Aug 12(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 727-740, 747-757), Aug. 12, 2025Senate
  20. Sep 9In the HouseHouse of Representatives
  21. Sep 9Referred to RULES, Sept. 9, 2025House of Representatives