HB 1356 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties in general, providing for restriction on the use of REAL ID.

PRINTER'S NO.   1544

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1356
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY SCIALABBA, PICKETT, STAATS, BERNSTINE, KAUFFMAN,
        GILLEN, HAMM, ZIMMERMAN, ROWE, LEADBETER AND FINK,
        APRIL 30, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 30, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in powers and duties in general, providing for
22      restriction on the use of REAL ID.
23      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24   hereby enacts as follows:
25      Section 1.    The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26   as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
27   section to read:
 1      Section 531.     Restriction on the Use of REAL ID.--(a)   The
 2   Commonwealth, or any agency or political subdivision, may not
 3   require the presentation or use of a REAL ID-compliant
 4   identification in order to access any public building or to
 5   procure a government service or file a governmental form.
 6      (b)   For the purposes under subsection (a), the presentation
 7   or use of a driver's license from the Commonwealth or another
 8   state, a non-driver photo identification from the Commonwealth
 9   or another state or another similar form of identification shall
10   suffice as a form of identification.
11      (c)   Nothing under this section shall be construed to require
12   an identification to be demanded for access to a building or for
13   acceptance of a form, if no other reason exists for requiring an
14   identification.
15      Section 2.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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