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SB696 • 2025

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for special speed limitations.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for special speed limitations.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
PHILLIPS-HILL
Last action
2025-04-30
Official status
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, April 30, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for special speed limitations.

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for special speed limitations.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for special speed limitations.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-30 TRANSPORTATION

    Referred to TRANSPORTATION, April 30, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing for special speed limitations.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
PRINTER'S NO. 723
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 696
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, FONTANA, VOGEL, COSTA, SAVAL,
STEFANO, SCHWANK AND BROWN, APRIL 30, 2025
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 30, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing
for special speed limitations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3365(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3365. Special speed limitations.
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(b) School zones.--
(1) When passing through a school zone as defined and
established under regulations of the department, no person
shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than 15 miles per
hour. An official traffic-control device shall indicate the
beginning and end of each school zone to traffic approaching
in each direction. Establishment of a school zone, including
its location and hours of operation, shall be approved by the
department.
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(2) A speed limitation in a school zone during regular
school hours may be established and enforced regardless of
whether students are permitted to walk to and from a school
that is within the school zone.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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