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HB 960PENNSYLVANIASession 2025-2026State Billpassed chamber

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Pennsylvania Establishes Process for Lifetime Commercial Driver License Reinstatement

Original title: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for disqualification.

Last action · June 3, 2025: Referred to TRANSPORTATION, June 3, 2025Sponsors: Carol Hill-Evans and 9 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Pennsylvania allows individuals with lifetime commercial driving disqualifications to apply for license reinstatement after ten years, provided they meet rehabilitation, clean record, and citizenship requirements. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has up to 30 days to review applications, and the measure takes effect in 30 months.

Why it matters

Commercial drivers previously barred for life from operating trucks or buses gain a structured pathway to regain their livelihoods after a decade, subject to stringent background and training conditions.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Commercial drivers with lifetime disqualifications

Individuals gain the legal ability to apply for commercial driving license reinstatement after 10 years if they fulfill specific rehabilitation, training, and clean-record criteria.

Directly affected

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

The department is tasked with reviewing reinstatement applications, issuing approvals or denials within 30 days, and holding discretionary authority over the reinstatement process.

Key Facts

A person subject to a lifetime commercial driving disqualification may apply to the department for reinstatement after at least ten years have elapsed from the effective date of disqualification.
Applicants must voluntarily enter and successfully complete an approved Department of Health rehabilitation program if disqualified for certain substance or chemical testing violations.
Applicants must attend and successfully complete an approved driver improvement course regardless of the underlying reason for disqualification.
Applicants must have no convictions for specified offenses, including DUI, hit-and-run, or felonies involving a motor vehicle, within the ten years preceding the application.

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Applicants must provide proof of citizenship or lawful permanent residency as required by Federal regulations.
Certain offenses permanently bar reinstatement, including using a commercial vehicle for drug trafficking, human trafficking, multiple DUI convictions while operating a commercial vehicle, or causing death through negligent vehicle operation.
The Department of Transportation has up to 30 days to review and issue an approval or denial of a reinstatement application.
If a reinstated driver is subsequently convicted of a disqualifying offense, they will be subjected to a permanent lifetime disqualification with no further eligibility for reinstatement.
The department may promulgate temporary regulations that expire no later than three years following publication to facilitate prompt implementation.
This act takes effect in 30 months.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible to apply for commercial driver license reinstatement under this bill?

Individuals serving a lifetime commercial driving disqualification can apply after at least 10 years have elapsed, provided they meet clean record, rehabilitation, training, and citizenship requirements and were not convicted of permanently barring offenses such as human trafficking or drug distribution using a commercial vehicle.

What is the timeline for the Department of Transportation to review reinstatement applications?

The department has up to 30 days to review and issue an approval or denial after receiving a completed application.

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Where This Stands

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Procedural history

11 actions

Jun 3, 2025SenateCommittee
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, June 3, 2025
Jun 3, 2025Senate
In the Senate
Jun 2, 2025HouseFloor
Third consideration and final passage, June 2, 2025 (115-88)
Jun 2, 2025HouseCommittee
Re-reported as committed, June 2, 2025
May 14, 2025House
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, May 14, 2025
May 14, 2025HouseFloor
Second consideration, with amendments, May 14, 2025

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May 13, 2025House
Removed from table, May 13, 2025
Apr 22, 2025House
Laid on the table, April 22, 2025
Apr 22, 2025HouseIntroduced
First consideration, April 22, 2025
Apr 22, 2025House
Reported as amended, April 22, 2025
Mar 18, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, March 18, 2025

Version history & redline

3 versions on file

Comparing Printer's No. 1460 → Printer's No. 1727

CURRY GREEN WEBSTER

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1034 NOS. 1034, 1460 PRINTER'S NO. 1460 1727 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 960 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, SANCHEZ, BURGOS, PROBST, KHAN, KENYATTA, GREEN GREEN, CURRY AND CURRY, WEBSTER, MARCH 18, 2025 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE AMENDED ON TRANSPORTATION, SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 22, MAY 14, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for disqualification. The General Assembly of the […] 1611(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: § 1611. Disqualification. * * * (d) Mitigation of disqualification for life.-- (D) MITIGATION OF DISQUALIFICATION FOR LIFE.--[THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES, INCLUDING CONDITIONS, UNDER WHICH A DISQUALIFICATION FOR LIFE UNDER SUBSECTION (C) MAY BE REDUCED TO A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS, IF SUCH REDUCTIONS ARE PERMITTED BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS.] life.--[The department may issue regulations establishing guidelines, including conditions, under which a disqualification for life under subsection (c) may be reduced to a period of not less than ten years, if such reductions are permitted by Federal regulations.] (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a person subject to lifetime disqualification of commercial driving <-- <--privileges under subsection (c) may apply to the department

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Lobbying Activity

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Connected Entities

Danilo Burgos, Malcolm Kenyatta, Carol Hill-Evans and 9 more

PersonDanilo Burgos“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

PersonMalcolm Kenyatta“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

PersonCarol Hill-Evans“Primary sponsor of House Bill 960 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.”Map →

PersonJoe Webster“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

PersonTarah Probst“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

PersonGina Curry“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

PersonRoni Green“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

PersonTarik Khan“Cospnsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Health“Approves rehabilitation programs that applicants must successfully complete if d”Map →

PersonJosé Giral“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

OrganizationPennsylvania Department of Transportation“Responsible for reviewing applications and issuing approvals or denials for comm”Map →

PersonBen Sanchez“Co-sponsor of House Bill 960.”Map →

Sources

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www.palegis.us

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