Pennsylvania HB 2635: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, providing for COVID-19 emergency liquidity.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3601
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2635
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY KHAN, HOGAN, N. NELSON, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS,
DOUGHERTY, HOHENSTEIN, PARKER, STEELE, CIRESI AND KENYATTA,
JUNE 15, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 15, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing
for automated speed enforcement system on designated
highways.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3370 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3370. Automated speed enforcement system on designated
highways.
(a) [General rule] Establishment of program.--A program is
established to provide for an automated speed enforcement system
on [U.S. Route 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) between Ninth Street and
the Philadelphia County line shared with Bucks County in a city
of the first class. The following shall apply:
(1) A city of the first class, upon passage of an
ordinance, is authorized to enforce section 3362 (relating to
maximum speed limits) on Roosevelt Boulevard by recording
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violations using an automated speed enforcement system
approved by the department.
(3) A city of the first class may expand the automated
speed enforcement system beyond Roosevelt Boulevard to no
more than five corridors if the following conditions are met:
(i) The city of the first class, in consultation
with the department, proposes a new State or local
highway corridor within the borders of the city of the
first class according to speed data and speed-related
accidents involving vehicles or pedestrians. Each
proposed corridor must include a beginning segment and an
end segment on the same State or local route within the
borders of the city of the first class.
(ii) The city of the first class conducts an
engineering and traffic investigation under section
6109(e) (relating to specific powers of department and
local authorities) on the posted speed limit within a
proposed State or local highway corridor for an automated
speed enforcement system.
(iii) The city of the first class provides at least
one opportunity for public comment regarding the proposed
State or local highway corridor.] designated highways.
The following shall apply to the program:
(3.1) A municipality, upon passage of an ordinance, is
authorized to enforce section 3362 (relating to maximum speed
limits) by recording violations using an automated speed
enforcement system approved by the department if the
following conditions are met:
(i) The municipality, in consultation with the
department, proposes a new State or local highway
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corridor within the borders of the municipality according
to speed data and speed-related accidents involving
vehicles or pedestrians. Each proposed corridor must
include a beginning segment and an end segment on the
same State or local route within the borders of the
municipality.
(ii) The municipality conducts an engineering and
traffic investigation under section 6109(e) (relating to
specific powers of department and local authorities) on
the posted speed limit within a proposed State or local
highway corridor for an automated speed enforcement
system.
(iii) The municipality provides at least one
opportunity for public comment regarding the proposed
State or local highway corridor.
(4) When the conditions under paragraph [(3)] (3.1) have
been met, a [city of the first class] municipality, upon
passage of an ordinance for each new corridor, is authorized
to enforce section 3362 by recording violations using an
automated speed enforcement system approved by the
department.
(b) Owner liability.--
(1) For each violation under this section, the owner of
the motor vehicle shall be liable for the penalty imposed
unless the owner is convicted of the same violation under
another section of this title or has a defense under
subsection (g).
(2) For the purposes of this section, the lessee of a
leased vehicle shall be considered the owner of the motor
vehicle.
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(c) Certificate as evidence.--A certificate, or a facsimile
of a certificate, based upon inspection of recorded images
produced by an automated speed enforcement system and sworn to
or affirmed by a police officer employed by the [city of the
first class] police department with primary jurisdiction over
the area where the violation occurred shall be prima facie
evidence of the facts contained in it. The [city] municipality
must include written documentation that the automated speed
enforcement system was operating correctly at the time of the
alleged violation. A recorded image evidencing a violation of
section 3362 shall be admissible in any judici