PA SB210

Creates new criminal offense under Title 75 (Vehicles) for interference with public transit vehicle operators, to be known as the Bernard N. Gribbin Law

First-degree felony for causing or attempting to cause serious bodily injury or death to a transit operator, or for interfering with an operator in a way that results in serious bodily injury or death to another person

Third-degree felony for causing bodily injury to an operator, interfering with an operator resulting in bodily injury to another person, or using physical menace to put an operator in fear of imminent serious bodily injury or death

Covers operators defined as drivers, conductors, operations staff, or engineers on buses, subways, trains, trolleys, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorails, and similar public transit vehicles

Takes effect 60 days after enactment; introduced January 29, 2025 and referred to Senate Transportation Committee