Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2723: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for definitions, for commercial driver's license qualification standards, for nonresident CDL and for disqualification, providing for English language proficiency and further providing for reciprocity.
Status: In committee, July 31, 2026
What the bill says
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for definitions, for commercial driver's license qualification standards, for nonresident CDL and for disqualification, providing for English language proficiency and further providing for reciprocity.
From the introduced text, July 31, 2026:
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commercial drivers, further providing for definitions, for commercial driver's license qualification standards, for nonresident CDL and for disqualification, providing for English language proficiency and further providing for reciprocity. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 1603 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read: § 1603. 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: * * * "Evidence of lawful immigration status." As defined in 49 CFR 383.5 (relating to definitions). * * * Section 2. Section 1607(a)(3), (6) and (9) of Title 75 are amended and the subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read: § 1607. Commercial driver's license qualification standards. (a) Testing.-- * * * (3) The department may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private institution, association or driver training school, or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer the skills test specified by this section, provided: (i) The test is the same as that which would otherwise be administered by the department. (ii) The third party has entered …