PENNSYLVANIA, November 9 - PRINTER'S NO. 732

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

667

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY YAW, STEFANO AND COSTA, MAY 10, 2021

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 10, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating to operation

of vehicles, providing for protection of children from

second-hand smoke in vehicles; and imposing a penalty.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 3701.2. Protection of children from second-hand smoke in

vehicles.

(a) General rule.--No individual may smoke in a vehicle that

is transporting a child under 12 years of age.

(b) Penalty.--

(1) An individual who violates subsection (a) commits a

summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to

pay a fine of $100.

(2) An individual who commits a second or subsequent

offense after being convicted under paragraph (1) commits a

summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to

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