PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1408
PRINTER'S NO. 1788
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1291
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, MADDEN, DELLOSO, HOHENSTEIN, McNEILL,
ISAACSON, CERRATO, CIRESI, FLEMING, DEASY, D. WILLIAMS,
WAXMAN, BRENNAN, SCHWEYER, KHAN, SAPPEY AND SHUSTERMAN,
JUNE 1, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 29, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
issuance and content of driver's license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1510 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
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(a.2) Person with disability.--
(1) A person with a disability who applies for or renews
a driver's license or identification card and meets the
qualifications of section 1338(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5),
(6), (7) or (8) (relating to person with disability plate and
placard) or 1342(a), (b) or (c) (relating to veteran plates
and placard) IS A VETERAN WHOSE SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY
IS CERTIFIED AT 100% BY THE SERVICE UNIT OF THE ARMED FORCES
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IN WHICH THE VETERAN SERVED OR BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS'
ADMINISTRATION OR WHO HAS A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OF
THE TYPE ENUMERATED IN SECTION 1338 may request that the
department issue a driver's license or identification card
using the most recent color photograph or photographic
facsimile and signature or facsimile of the signature of the
person with a disability in the department's possession.
(2) The department may not issue a driver's license or
identification card to the person with a disability if there
is no color photograph or photographic facsimile or signature
or facsimile of the signature of the person with a disability
in the department's possession. The department may require
additional information or documentation necessary to comply
with this subsection.
(3) THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT ISSUE A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
IDENTIFICATION CARD TO THE PERSON WITH A DISABILITY IF
MATERIAL CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO THE PERSON'S RECORD,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CHANGE OF NAME OR A CORRECTION
OF INFORMATION SUCH AS HEIGHT OR EYE COLOR, WHICH SHALL BE
MADE IN PERSON.
(4) THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT ISSUE A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT COMPLIES WITH THE ACT OF MAY 26,
2017 (P.L.6, NO.3), KNOWN AS THE PENNSYLVANIA REAL ID
COMPLIANCE ACT, TO THE PERSON WITH A DISABILITY IF THE COLOR
PHOTOGRAPH OR PHOTOGRAPHIC FACSIMILE OF THE PERSON WITH A
DISABILITY IN THE DEPARTMENT'S POSSESSION IS:
(I) OVER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE; OR
(II) WILL BE OVER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE NEXT,
FOUR-YEAR RENEWAL INTERVAL REQUIRED BY SECTION 1514
(RELATING TO EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF DRIVERS'
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LICENSES).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days 28 MONTHS.
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