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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1295: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for purpose and construction of chapter, for definitions and for commercial driver's license qualification standards, providing for English proficiency standard, further providing for nonresident CDL, for application for commercial driver's license and for disqualification and providing for annual report; and imposing penalties.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1295 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on April 17, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for purpose and construction of chapter, for definitions and for commercial driver's license qualification standards, providing for English proficiency standard, further providing for nonresident CDL, for application for commercial driver's license and for disqualification and providing for annual report; and imposing penalties. Primary sponsor: Judy Ward (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 28, 2026): Referred to Transportation.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Judy WardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Lisa BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Scott HutchinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Wayne LangerholcCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Scott MartinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Kristin Phillips-HillCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Transportation
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-referred to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration
  6. First consideration
  7. Reported as committed
  8. Referred to Transportation

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source