PRINTER'S NO. 2695
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1937
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BOROWICZ, METCALFE, DUSH, GROVE, HEFFLEY,
HERSHEY, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, MILLARD, MOUL, OWLETT, PYLE,
ROEBUCK, STAATS, WARNER AND ZIMMERMAN, OCTOBER 15, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 15, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions relating to preliminary
provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in
licensing of drivers, further providing for issuance and
content of driver's license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
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"Sex." Male or female.
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Section 2. Section 1510(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
(a) General rule.--The department shall, upon payment of the
required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's
license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the
licensee is authorized to drive and any endorsements or
restrictions, which license, except as provided in subsection
(j), shall contain a distinguishing number assigned by the
department to the licensee, the actual name, date of birth,
residence address, a color photograph or photographic facsimile
of the licensee, sex, such other information as may be required
by the department, and either a facsimile of the signature of
the licensee or a space upon which the licensee shall write his
usual signature with pen and ink. Program participants in the
Address Confidentiality Program under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 67
(relating to domestic and sexual violence victim address
confidentiality) may use a substitute address designated by the
Office of Victim Advocate as their address. Personal medical
data and other information for use in an emergency may be
included as a part of the license. Information other than that
required to identify the licensee, the distinguishing number and
the class of license issued may be included in microdata form.
Except as provided in subsection (f), an applicant shall include
his Social Security number on his license application, but the
Social Security number shall not be included on the license. No
driver's license shall be valid until it has been signed by the
licensee.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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