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PennsylvaniaHB 16152025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
An Act amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further providing for sentence of total confinement; in licensi . . .ng of drivers, further providing for notice of acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, for the offense of driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked and for ignition interlock limited license; in miscellaneous provisions relating to serious traffic offenses, further providing for homicide by vehicle while driving under influence; and, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing drugs, further providing for the offense of driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance, for grading, for penalties, for ignition interlock, for prior offenses and for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.
Sponsored By: Rob W. Kauffman (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Limited driving access during DUI suspensions
Drivers suspended under Pennsylvania's DUI penalty law can apply for an ignition-interlock limited license. They must meet the other license requirements and have no completed diversion within the prior 10 years for a listed offense. An ignition interlock requires a breath test before the vehicle starts. Drivers with the suspension listed in section 3804(e)(2)(i) are immediately eligible.
Diversion acceptance stops counting as conviction
Accepting Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, Pennsylvania's DUI diversion program, no longer counts as a listed prior offense under the DUI chapter. The law also removes diversion acceptance from listed prior events for specified fatal-DUI felony grades and longer minimum sentences. Other listed convictions and dispositions still count. Separate rules still impose consequences for a new DUI within 10 years after completing diversion.
More legal protections for diversion defendants
Before accepting DUI diversion, defendants must answer questions on the record about their understanding and free choice. The court must check that they knowingly waive the applicable constitutional rights. If diversion fails and the defendant goes to trial, required waivers and acknowledgments become ineffective and cannot be used against them. Their statements also cannot be used in criminal proceedings, except a prosecution based on false information or statements they supplied.
Recent diversion blocks an interlock exception
Drivers cannot use the ignition-interlock exception in section 3805(a.1) after completing qualifying diversion within the prior 10 years. The diversion must concern an offense listed in Pennsylvania's DUI prior-offense law.
DUI diversion requires treatment and payments
DUI diversion requires evaluation and a full substance-use assessment when screening suggests a disorder or blood alcohol reaches 0.16%. A substance use disorder means alcohol or drug use that causes clinical or functional impairment. Participants must follow recommended treatment with licensed providers and remain under court supervision for six to 12 months. They must pay victim restitution, reasonable municipal costs, required legal fees and surcharges, and the costs of meeting program conditions. They must also pay $50 for the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund.
Fixed jail terms for suspended drivers
Driving during a specified DUI-related suspension or revocation carries a $500 fine and 60 days in jail for a first conviction. A second violation carries a $1,000 fine and 90 days. The aggravated first offense carries $1,000 and 90 days, including cases involving a blood alcohol level of at least 0.02% or the listed controlled-substance criterion. Refusing a breath test also meets the refusal criterion. Blood-test refusal counts when testing has a valid warrant, court order or another constitutionally permitted basis.
Higher penalties for DUI after diversion
A first conviction for the new DUI-after-diversion offense receives second-offense penalties; later convictions receive the applicable higher tiers. General second-tier penalties include at least five days in jail and a $300–$2,500 fine; third-tier penalties include 10 days and $500–$5,000. The severe-offense tiers carry at least 90 days and $1,500, rising to one year and $2,500. With a minor passenger, second-offense penalties include a $2,500 minimum fine and one to six months in jail; later offenses carry six months to two years. With one prior DUI-after-diversion conviction, sentences run consecutively unless they merge; that conviction can still count when the earlier diversion ended more than 10 years before the current offense.
Longer prison terms for fatal DUI
A fatal-DUI conviction becomes a first-degree felony when the driver is also convicted of the new DUI-after-diversion offense. The court must impose at least five years in prison. It must add a consecutive five-year term for each victim whose death resulted from that post-diversion violation.
New DUI charges after completing diversion
The law creates a separate DUI offense for violations within 10 years after completing qualifying Pennsylvania or out-of-state diversion. The charge is a misdemeanor, or a first-degree misdemeanor for the highest alcohol level or controlled-substance offenses. Later offenses can become third- or second-degree felonies, depending on the offense and prior record. Prosecutors can also use tests taken more than two hours after driving in these cases. They must show good cause for the delay and no alcohol or drug use between arrest and testing.
Courts gain fixed traffic sentencing options
Courts can impose a fixed jail sentence for a summary vehicle offense with a maximum confinement of 90 days or less. This does not block work release or probation for otherwise eligible people, including probation with restrictive conditions. The law does not require a uniform sentence for these offenses.
DUI assessments change providers and recommendations
Required DUI assessments can come from county drug and alcohol agencies or their designees. Clinical staff at facilities licensed by Pennsylvania's Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs can also provide them. The Department of Health and its designee are no longer listed as providers. Assessments no longer need to recommend a length of stay. They still must recommend care levels, follow-up care and monitoring.
DUI diversion records kept twelve years
Courts notify PennDOT when someone accepts and completes qualifying DUI diversion. Court clerks keep private completion orders for 12 years from entry, solely for future DUI prosecutions. Prosecutors, courts and law enforcement can request copies, and PennDOT also makes its records available to them. Clerks automatically erase completion records after 12 years; PennDOT generally erases its records 12 years after receiving completion notice. PennDOT need not erase records after a habitual-offender revocation during that period or if the person was a commercial driver when the violation occurred.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Rob W. Kauffman
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Benjamin V. Sanchez
Democratic • House
Brian Smith
Republican • House
Christopher M. Rabb
Democratic • House
Dan K. Williams
Democratic • House
Dane Watro
Republican • House
David H. Zimmerman
Republican • House
G. Roni Green
Democratic • House
Jim Prokopiak
Democratic • House
Joe Ciresi
Democratic • House
Kathy L. Rapp
Republican • House
Keith S. Harris
Democratic • House
Liz Hanbidge
Democratic • House
Nikki Rivera
Democratic • House
Robert Freeman
Democratic • House
Russ Diamond
Republican • House
Tim Briggs
Democratic • House
Valerie S. Gaydos
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
committee vote • 12/9/2025
21 0
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Senate vote • 12/9/2025
House Bill 1615 PN2677, Final Passage
Yes: 47 • No: 0
committee vote • 12/8/2025
14 0
Yes: 14 • No: 0
committee vote • 12/8/2025
14 0
Yes: 14 • No: 0
committee vote • 10/27/2025
14 0
Yes: 14 • No: 0
committee vote • 10/27/2025
14 0
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • 9/30/2025
House Bill 1615 PN2354, FINAL PASSAGE
Yes: 203 • No: 0
committee vote • 9/30/2025
36 0
Yes: 36 • No: 0
House vote • 9/29/2025
House Bill 1615 PN1976 A01603
Yes: 202 • No: 1
committee vote • 6/23/2025
26 0
Yes: 26 • No: 0
committee vote • 6/23/2025
25 1
Yes: 25 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Act No. 58 of 2025
12/22/2025GovernorApproved by the Governor
12/22/2025GovernorPresented to the Governor
12/18/2025HouseSigned in Senate
12/17/2025HouseSigned in House
12/17/2025HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendments (203-0)
12/17/2025HouseRe-reported on concurrence, as committed
12/17/2025HouseReferred to Rules
12/15/2025HouseThird consideration and final passage (47-0)
12/9/2025SenateAmended on third consideration
12/9/2025SenateRe-reported as committed
12/9/2025SenateRe-referred to Appropriations
12/9/2025SenateRe-reported as amended
12/8/2025SenateRe-committed to Transportation
10/28/2025SenateSecond consideration
10/28/2025SenateFirst consideration
10/27/2025SenateReported as amended
10/27/2025SenateReferred to Transportation
10/7/2025SenateThird consideration and final passage (203-0)
9/30/2025HouseRe-reported as committed
9/30/2025HouseRe-committed to Appropriations
9/29/2025HouseSecond consideration, with amendments
9/29/2025HouseRemoved from table
9/10/2025HouseLaid on the table
9/10/2025HouseRe-reported as committed
9/10/2025House
Bill Text
PN 2677
12/9/2025
PN 2676
12/8/2025
PN 2517
10/27/2025
PN 2354
9/29/2025
PN 1976
6/23/2025
PN 1932
6/16/2025
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