PRINTER'S NO. 153
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.205
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY McNEILL, HILL-EVANS, ISAACSON, FREEMAN, GIRAL,
PIELLI AND HOWARD, JANUARY 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
determination of incompetency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1519(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
ยง 1519. Determination of incompetency.
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(c) Recall [or suspension] of operating privilege.--The
department shall recall the operating privilege of any person
whose incompetency has been established under the provisions of
this chapter or who refuses or fails to comply with the
requirements of this section . The recall shall be for an
indefinite period until that person complies and satisfactory
evidence is presented to the department in accordance with
regulations to establish that such person is competent to drive
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18 a motor vehicle. [The department shall suspend the operating
privilege of any person who refuses or fails to comply with the
requirements of this section until that person does comply and
that person's competency to drive is established. ] Any person
aggrieved by the recall [or suspension] of the operating
privilege may appeal in the manner provided in section 1550. The
judicial review shall be limited to whether the person is
competent to drive in accordance with the provisions of the
regulations promulgated under section 1517 (relating to Medical
Advisory Board).
(d) Vehicle lease termination on incompetency.--For a
consumer lease of a motor vehicle subject to regulations of the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under 12 CFR Ch. X Pt. 1013
(relating to consumer leasing (Regulation M)), entered into
after the effective date of this subsection, a lessee requesting
early termination of a lease shall not be liable for any penalty
or early termination charge provided by the lease if the vehicle
lessee's operating privileges have been recalled under this
section and no other member of the lessee's household regularly
uses the vehicle. A lessee seeking to terminate a lease under
this subsection must provide to the lessor a copy of the notice
of license recall provided by the department. The lease shall be
terminated upon return of the vehicle to the lessor or other
person in the manner provided by the lease, including in any
amendment or lease assignment or notice.
Section 2. This act shall apply to leases for motor vehicles
entered into with a lessee with a billing address located in
this Commonwealth on or after the effective date of this
section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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