HB 971 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for prohibitions in specified places.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-19
Latest action: — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, March 19, 2025
Sponsors
- Tim Brennan (D, PA-29) — sponsor · 2025-03-19
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Ben Waxman (D, PA-182) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Bud Cook (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Tim Twardzik (R, PA-123) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Mary Jo Daley (D, PA-148) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D, PA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-03-19
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, March 19, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1054 · 1,714 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1054
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 971
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BRENNAN, KHAN, PIELLI, WAXMAN, GIRAL, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, COOK, SANCHEZ, BOROWSKI, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI,
TWARDZIK, KENYATTA, GREEN AND DALEY, MARCH 19, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 19, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing
3 for prohibitions in specified places.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3353(a)(1) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a
8 subparagraph to read:
9 § 3353. Prohibitions in specified places.
10 (a) General rule.--Except when necessary to avoid conflict
11 with other traffic or to protect the safety of any person or
12 vehicle or in compliance with law or the directions of a police
13 officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:
14 (1) Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
15 * * *
16 (xi) Upon any lane designed for pedalcycles. A
17 vehicle may temporarily stop on a pedalcycle lane to
18 avoid an emergency vehicle.
1 * * *
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Brennan (D, state_lower PA-29) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Ben Waxman (D, state_lower PA-182) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bud Cook (R, state_lower PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D, state_lower PA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Mary Jo Daley (D, state_lower PA-148) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Tim Twardzik (R, state_lower PA-123) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee · pa-leg