HB 2381 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked; and, in penalties and disposition of fines, further providing for subsequent convictions of certain offenses.

PRINTER'S NO.   3183

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2381
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY AND SCHEUREN, APRIL 13, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 14, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
 3      driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked;
 4      and, in penalties and disposition of fines, further providing
 5      for subsequent convictions of certain offenses.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    Section 1543(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 9   Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
10   adding a subsection to read:
11   § 1543.   Driving while operating privilege is suspended or
12                revoked.
13      (a)    Offense defined.--Except as provided in [subsection (b)]
14   subsections (a.1) and (b), any person who drives a motor vehicle
15   on any highway or trafficway of this Commonwealth after the
16   commencement of a suspension, revocation or cancellation of the
17   operating privilege and before the operating privilege has been
18   restored is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon
19   conviction or adjudication of delinquency, be sentenced to pay a
20   fine of $200.
 1      (a.1)    Penalties for subsequent offenses.--
 2             (1)    A person convicted of a second or third violation of
 3      subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and
 4      shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
 5      less than $500 but not more than $2,500.
 6             (2)    A person convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense
 7      under subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the third
 8      degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
 9      of $2,500 and to undergo a term of imprisonment for not less
10      than 30 days but not more than 12 months.
11      * * *
12      Section 2.      Section 6503(a) and (a.1) of Title 75 are amended
13   to read:
14   § 6503.    Subsequent convictions of certain offenses.
15      (a)     General offenses.--Every person convicted of a second or
16   subsequent violation of any of the following provisions shall be
17   sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $200 nor more than
18   $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or both:
19             [Section 1543(a) (relating to driving while operating
20      privilege is suspended or revoked) except as set forth in
21      subsection (a.1).]
22             Section 3734 (relating to driving without lights to avoid
23      identification or arrest).
24             Section 3748 (relating to false reports).
25      [(a.1)       Certain repeat offenses.--A person convicted of a
26   sixth or subsequent offense under section 1543(a) shall be
27   sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $1,000 and to
28   imprisonment for not less than 30 days but not more than six
29   months.]
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1     Section 3.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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