PRINTER'S NO. 2117
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1625
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KAUFER, SCHMITT, METZGAR, BARRAR, RIGBY, DOWLING,
LONGIETTI, HERSHEY, BOBACK, SANKEY, SNYDER, TOPPER, MASSER,
MATZIE, RADER, SAYLOR, BERNSTINE, STAATS, STEPHENS, DELLOSO,
MADDEN, HOHENSTEIN, HARRIS, MULLINS, SCHWEYER, WARREN,
BRIGGS, MULLERY, SCHLOSSBERG, ZABEL, SANCHEZ, FREEMAN,
KINSEY, MILLARD, DAWKINS, CARROLL, GLEIM, SIMMONS AND
A. DAVIS, JUNE 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 12, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for
definitions and for required benefits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "financial responsibility" in
section 1702 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1702. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Financial responsibility." The ability to respond in
damages for liability on account of accidents arising out of the
maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in the minimum amount of
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[$15,000] $30,000 because of injury to one person in any one
accident, in the minimum amount of [$30,000] $60,000 because of
injury to two or more persons in any one accident and in the
minimum amount of [$5,000] $15,000 because of damage to property
of others in any one accident. The financial responsibility
shall be in a form acceptable to the Department of
Transportation.
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Section 2. Section 1711(a) of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 1711. Required benefits.
(a) Medical benefit.--An insurer issuing or delivering
liability insurance policies covering any motor vehicle of the
type required to be registered under this title, except
recreational vehicles not intended for highway use, motorcycles,
motor-driven cycles or motorized pedalcycles or like type
vehicles, registered and operated in this Commonwealth, shall
include coverage providing a medical benefit in the amount of
[$5,000] $10,000.
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Section 3. A change in the coverage of a liability insurance
policy of a private passenger motor vehicle as a result of the
amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1702 or 1711 shall not affect the
validity of any waiver, the selection of benefits or the amount
of benefits in the liability insurance policy beyond the change
in the coverage as result of the amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1702
or 1711. The amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1702 or 1711 shall not
require an insured to sign new forms from an insurer issuing or
delivering a liability insurance policy covering a private
passenger motor vehicle.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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