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PA HB1955
Bill
Status
10/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jill Cooper
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AI Summary
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Prohibits political subdivisions, regional police departments, and Commonwealth agencies from requiring officers to issue a specific number of citations on any daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis, with violations rendering citations null and void
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Bans "station averaging" practices that compare an officer's citation numbers to other officers' citation counts for job performance evaluations, while still permitting evaluation based on other metrics like traffic stops, arrests, and warnings
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Establishes a radar enforcement pilot program allowing full-time municipal police officers to use electronic speed meters (radar) on local roads, with authority expiring December 31, 2029
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Requires municipalities using radar to adopt an ordinance, post warning signs within 500 feet of jurisdiction borders, conduct engineering/traffic studies, and limits revenue from radar enforcement to 1% of the municipality's annual budget
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Speeding violations detected by radar must exceed the limit by more than 10 mph for conviction, carry no license points, do not count as criminal convictions, and cannot affect insurance rates
Legislative Description
Codifying prohibition on political subdivisions and Commonwealth agencies imposing quotas on the issuance of citations for certain offenses and prohibiting the practice of station averaging; in licensing of drivers, further providing for schedule of convictions and points; in rules of the road in general, providing for radar enforcement systems pilot program; and making a repeal.
Last Action
Referred to Transportation
10/17/2025