Pennsylvania HB 2628: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in reimbursements by Commonwealth and between school districts, further providing for student-weighted basic education funding and providing for student-weighted basic education funding formula.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3592
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2628
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY KOZAK, KAIL, PUGH AND KUZMA, JUNE 10, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 12, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of
vehicles, providing for mobile work zone safety enforcement
systems in lane-restricted work zones; and imposing
penalties.
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:
§ 3118. Mobile work zone safety enforcement systems in lane-
restricted work zones.
(a) Short title.--This section shall be known and may be
cited as Josh's Law.
(b) Establishment of program.--A program is established
within the department to provide for the use of mobile work zone
safety enforcement systems in lane-restricted work zones to
enforce violations of section 3112(b) (relating to traffic-
control signals) in accordance with this section.
(c) Authorization.--
(1) The department may authorize the use of a mobile
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work zone safety enforcement system on any State-designated
highway in a lane-restricted work zone.
(2) The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission may authorize
the use of a mobile work zone safety enforcement system on
any portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a lane-restricted
work zone.
(3) Subject to subsection (d), a municipality may
authorize the use of a mobile work zone safety enforcement
system on any highway under the jurisdiction of the
municipality in a lane-restricted work zone.
(d) Municipal requirements.--Prior to the use of a mobile
work zone safety enforcement system in a lane-restricted work
zone on a highway under the jurisdiction of a municipality, and
except as provided in subsection (e), the municipality must:
(1) Enact a local ordinance authorizing the general use
of mobile work zone safety enforcement systems in lane-
restricted work zones on highways under the jurisdiction of
the municipality.
(2) Transmit a copy of the ordinance to the department.
(3) Provide a statement of policy to the department
outlining the criteria the municipality will use when
determining when the use of a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system in a lane-restricted work zone is
appropriate.
(4) Provide documentation to the department, as
determined by the department, demonstrating that:
(i) the mobile work zone safety enforcement system
used by the municipality complies with this section and
has been approved by the department under subsection (p);
(ii) the municipality shall comply with this
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section; and
(iii) the system administrator, if applicable, on
the municipality's behalf shall comply with this section.
(5) Provide documentation that the municipality has
entered into an agreement with a police department for the
review of violations in accordance with subsection (l).
(6) Receive approval from the department to operate a
mobile work zone safety enforcement system on a highway under
the jurisdiction of the municipality in a lane-restricted
work zone.
(e) Exception.--If the department or the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission authorizes the use of a mobile work zone
safety enforcement system in a lane-restricted work zone that
includes both a highway under the jurisdiction of the department
or the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and a local highway
under the jurisdiction of a municipality, the department or the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission may authorize the use of a
mobile work zone safety enforcement system in the lane-
restricted work zone regardless of whether the portion of the
highway under the jurisdiction of the municipality is located in
a municipality that has been approved to operate a mobile work
zone safety enforcement system under subsection (d).
(f) Construction.--Nothing contained in subsection (d) shall
be construed to require a municipality to identify individual
lane-restricted work zones on a specific highway that the
municipality intends to use a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system or require the municipality to receive prior
approval for each individual lane-restricted work zone in which
the municipality intends to use a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system.
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(g) Work zone requirements.--
(1) Not less than one warning sign shall be
conspicuously placed before the lane-restricted work zone
notifying the public that a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system is in use. The sign shall:
(i) be in conformance with Federal regulations and
be of a size and design determined by the department; and
(ii) clearly and accurately indicate if the mobile
work zone safety enforce