PRINTER'S NO. 1829
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1561
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY M. JONES, CEPHAS, BENNINGHOFF, BRENNAN, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, D'ORSIE, FINK, GREEN, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS,
LEADBETER, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, D. WILLIAMS, ZIMMERMAN AND
COOPER, JULY 7, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 7, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of
vehicles, further providing for drivers of emergency
vehicles.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3105(d.1) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3105. Drivers of emergency vehicles.
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(d.1) Vehicles owned and operated by a county correctional
institution [in a city of the first class].--The driver of a
vehicle that is owned and operated by a county correctional
institution [in a city of the first class] and used to respond
to an emergency at a correctional institution [in a city of the
first class] or to escort an ambulance which is transporting a
sick or injured prisoner [in a city of the first class] shall
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comply with maximum speed limits, red signal indications and
stop signs. After ascertaining that the vehicle will be given
the right-of-way, the driver may proceed through a red signal
indication or stop sign.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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