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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 382, 433 PRINTER'S NO. 1053
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 410
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, BENHAM, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, GIRAL, HILL-
EVANS, CIRESI, HOWARD, HOHENSTEIN, KHAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
SOLOMON, OTTEN, DEASY, CERRATO, GREEN, KENYATTA, BURGOS,
T. DAVIS, DALEY, SHUSTERMAN, KULIK, MADSEN AND K.HARRIS,
JANUARY 29, 2025
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MARCH 19, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
issuance and content of driver's license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1510 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
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(a.2) Person with disability RENEWAL USING DEPARTMENTAL
RECORDS .--
(1) A person with a disability who renews a driver's
license or identification card and meets the qualifications
of section 1338(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (8)
(relating to person with disability plate and placard) or is
a veteran whose service-connected disability is certified at
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100% by the service unit of the armed forces in which the
veteran served or by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs or who has a service-connected disability of the type
enumerated in section 1338 may request that the department
issue a driver's license or identification card using the
most recent color photograph or photographic facsimile and
signature or facsimile of the signature of the person with a
disability in the department's possession. ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS MAY REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT ISSUE A
DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD USING THE MOST RECENT
COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOGRAPHIC FACSIMILE AND SIGNATURE OR
FACSIMILE OF THE SIGNATURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE
DEPARTMENT'S POSSESSION:
(I) AN INDIVIDUAL THAT MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF
SECTION 1338(A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) OR (8)
(RELATING TO PERSON WITH DISABILITY PLATE AND PLACARD).
(II) AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SERVICE-CONNECTED
DISABILITY IS CERTIFIED AT 100% BY THE SERVICE UNIT OF
THE ARMED FORCES IN WHICH THE VETERAN SERVED OR BY THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR WHO HAS A
SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OF THE TYPE ENUMERATED IN
SECTION 1338.
(III) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO ENTERS OR IS ON ACTIVE
SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN A
JURISDICTION OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMONWEALTH OR THE SPOUSE
OR DEPENDENT CHILD OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RESIDES WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL.
(2) The department may not issue a driver's license or
identification card to the person with a disability
INDIVIDUAL if there is no color photograph or photographic
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facsimile or signature or facsimile of the signature of the
person with a disability INDIVIDUAL in the department's
possession. The department may require additional information
or documentation necessary to comply with this subsection.
(3) The department may not issue a driver's license or
identification card to the person with a disability
INDIVIDUAL if material changes need to be made to the
person's INDIVIDUAL'S record, including, but not limited to,
change of name or a correction of information such as height
or eye color, which shall be made in person.
(4) The department may not issue a driver's license or
identification card that complies with the act of May 26,
2017 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Pennsylvania REAL ID
Compliance Act, to the person with a disability INDIVIDUAL if
the color photograph or photographic facsimile of the person
with a disability INDIVIDUAL in the department's possession
is:
(i) over sixteen years of age; or
(ii) will be over sixteen years of age at the next
four-year renewal interval required by section 1514
(relating to expiration and renewal of drivers'
licenses).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 33 months.
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