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House committee advances bill criminalizing interference with transit operators after fatal SEPTA shooting
Summary
The House Transportation Committee reported House Bill 1416, which creates new felony and misdemeanor penalties for interfering with public transit operators following the October 2023 fatal shooting of a SEPTA operator.
The Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee on Oct. 11, 2025, voted to report House Bill 1416 to the full House, a measure that would create new criminal penalties for interference with public transit operators after the committee’s prime sponsor cited the Oct. 26, 2023, killing of a SEPTA operator as the impetus for the measure.
The bill matters because it seeks to raise criminal penalties for actions that harm or threaten transit operators, a step sponsors say will improve safety on public transit and hold offenders accountable.
Representative Sean Dougherty, the bill’s prime sponsor, told the committee that “everyone has the right to feel safe on public…
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