PRINTER'S NO. 187
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
217
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, SCHLOSSBERG, McNEILL, MURT,
STEPHENS, HILL-EVANS AND FREEMAN, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in offenses in general, prohibiting persons from
smoking in motor vehicles occupied by child under 18 years of
age; and prescribing a penalty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3721. Smoking in motor vehicle occupied by child under 18
years of age.
(a) Defense defined.--No person may smoke in a motor vehicle
that is occupied by a child under 18 years of age.
(b) Penalty.--
(1) An operator of a motor vehicle who violates this
section or permits a person in the motor vehicle to violate
this section commits a summary offense and shall, upon
conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $25.
(2) A conviction under this section shall occur only as
a secondary action when the operator of a motor vehicle has
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been convicted of violating any other provision of this
title.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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