Pennsylvania SB 539: An Act amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in transportation network companies, further providing for transportation network company drivers; and, in transportation network service, further providing for transportation network company drivers.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 525
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 539
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, KEARNEY, FONTANA, COLLETT AND KANE,
APRIL 2, 2025
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
APRIL 2, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 (Public
Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
transportation network companies, further providing for
transportation network company drivers; and, in
transportation network service, further providing for
transportation network company drivers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 57A12(b)(1) of Title 53 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 57A12. Transportation network company drivers.
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(b) Driver qualification requirements.--
(1) No transportation network company shall engage any
person as a transportation network company driver unless the
transportation network company ascertains that the person:
(i) possesses and has possessed a valid State
driver's license or a valid driver's license of another
state, district or territory of the United States for at
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least one year prior to applying to become a
transportation network company driver;
(ii) is at least 21 years of age;
(iii) has not had more than three moving violations
or a major violation in the immediately preceding three-
year period; [and]
(iv) has not had a limousine or taxi driver
certificate suspended or revoked by the authority due to
a regulatory violation within the five years immediately
preceding his application to be a transportation network
company driver. The authority shall make a list of all
the drivers available to a transportation network company
upon request. The suspension or revocation of a license
by the authority because a driver was operating as a
transportation network company driver prior to the
effective date of this section shall not constitute
grounds for disqualification under this subsection[.];
and
(v) is a resident of Pennsylvania.
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Section 2. Section 2605(b) of Title 66 is amended by adding
a paragraph to read:
§ 2605. Transportation network company drivers.
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(b) Requirements for transportation network company
drivers.--A transportation network company driver must:
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(3.1) For purposes of providing prearranged rides
originating within this Commonwealth, be a resident of
Pennsylvania.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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