CDL self-reporting: what your state still requires
On 22 July 2026 FMCSA deleted the federal rule telling you to report your convictions to your own state. It did not delete the state laws that say the same thing — and it declined to tell anyone which states those are.
“FMCSA agrees with the comment from NAPT that having the information on which States continue to require drivers to notify their SDLAs of convictions outside of their State of domicile would be helpful. However, FMCSA will not be compiling this list. … Nothing in this rule absolves a CDL holder from having to comply with a State requirement if that requirement exists.”
FR 2026-12449, "Removal of Self-Reporting Requirement"
Pennsylvania
No — we found no Pennsylvania law requiring you to report convictions to the state licensing agency yourself. Your employer duty below still applies.
Citation: 75 Pa.C.S. §1604 · verified 2026-08-12
“A driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver’s license issued by this Commonwealth who is convicted of violating a Federal or state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control… shall notify his employer in writing of the conviction within 15 days of the date of conviction.”
Pennsylvania also imposes its own employer-notification duty (15 days), separate from the federal one below.
No duty to PennDOT — convictions reach it from the courts. But Pennsylvania’s EMPLOYER deadline is 15 days, not the federal 30, and there is a second duty most operators have never heard of: §1604(a.1) requires telling your employer within 30 days of being CITED, ARRESTED OR CHARGED — before any conviction. Failing to report is a summary offence, $100, plus $300 more for a serious traffic offence, DUI or felony-grade out-of-state offence.
Everywhere: you still have to tell your employer
This did not change in July. 49 CFR §383.31 still requires a CDL holder convicted of a traffic violation — in any vehicle, not just a truck, and anything other than a parking ticket — to notify their current employer in writing within 30 days.
The notice has to carry all seven of these:
- Driver's full name
- Driver's license number
- Date of conviction
- The specific offense(s), and any suspension, revocation or cancellation that resulted
- Whether the violation was in a commercial motor vehicle
- Location of offense
- Driver's signature
49 CFR §383.31 · verified 2026-08-12
This is journalism, not legal advice. Every answer links to the statute so you can read it yourself — do that before you act, and confirm with your state licensing agency if anything here decides something expensive. Rules change; each row carries the date we last checked it.