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Committee agrees amendment and reports bill to allow limited CDL reinstatement with restrictions
Summary
House Bill 960 would create a process for reinstating commercial driver’s licenses in certain cases; the committee agreed to an amendment prohibiting reinstatement after a fatal hit-and-run and reported the bill as amended by a 24-2 vote following a unanimous 26-0 amendment vote.
The House Transportation Committee on an unspecified date agreed to an amendment and reported House Bill 960, which would let some individuals subject to lifetime disqualification of commercial driving privileges apply for reinstatement of their CDL, subject to federal and state requirements and specified exclusions.
Committee staff summarized that the bill would allow reinstatement at PennDOT’s discretion for persons who satisfy conditions such as completion of rehabilitation where disqualification resulted from DUI or refusing a chemical test, attendance and completion of an approved driver improvement course, payment of a CDL restoration fee, and no disqualifying convictions in the prior 10 years. The summary noted federal regulations permit states to implement such a CDL reinstatement program.
Chairman Ed Nielsen offered Amendment A00362, described as agreed to by the prime sponsor, which “prohibits reinstatement of CDL for a person convicted of fleeing the scene of an accident, which resulted in the death of a person or an offense that caused the death of a person as a result of a motor vehicle accident through the negligent operation of any motor vehicle.” The committee agreed to the amendment by a recorded vote of 26-0.
The committee then voted to report the bill as amended. After roll call the chair announced, “On the question, the a's are 24, the nays are 2. House bill 9 60 will be reported.” The transcript records Representative Devanzo voting no; other individual negative votes were not fully clear in the record.
The bill also lists ineligibility for reinstatement persons convicted of using a commercial vehicle in commission of a felony involving controlled substances or human trafficking, and it states that persons who are approved for reinstatement and later convicted of any single disqualifying offense will be permanently disqualified from holding a CDL.
Further floor consideration and scheduling were not specified in the committee record.
