🚨PA Hands Free Law in Effect🚨

The Lebanon County Regional Police Department wants to remind everyone of the upcoming hands free law.
 
 Pennsylvania's "Paul Miller’s Law" strictly bans the use of hand-held mobile devices while driving. After a one-year grace period for educational warnings, the law goes into full effect tomorrow, June 5. Drivers caught holding or supporting a phone with any part of their body face a $50 fine, plus court costs and applicable fees. 
Key details and guidelines regarding the mandate include:
 
  • Where it Applies: The ban is active on all Pennsylvania roadways and prohibits device use even when temporarily stopped in traffic, at stop signs, or at red lights.
  • What is Prohibited: You cannot hold, support, text, scroll, or dial your phone while the vehicle is in motion.
  • What is Allowed: Hands-free technology (such as mounted GPS devices, Bluetooth, or voice-activated commands) remains completely legal. Hand-held use is only permitted if pulled over legally in a safe, stationary location off the active roadway, or if contacting emergency services to protect life and property. 

  • Enforcement: Police can pull you over as a primary offense for holding a device, meaning no other traffic violation is required for a traffic stop. 

    We urge motorists to utilize your vehicle's hands free option if equipped or wait until you can pull safely off the road to use your phone.  

Created Jun 4, 2026 @ 5:10 AM