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Proposed Pennsylvania Firearm Legislation HB1903

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in community and municipal courts, further providing for masters; and adding provisions relating to extreme risk protection orders.

Description: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in community and municipal courts, further providing for masters; and adding provisions relating to extreme risk protection orders.

Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar

Last Action Date: June 13, 2022

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

50 sponsors: Todd Stephens (R); Jennifer O'Mara (D); Napoleon Nelson (D); Ben Sanchez (D); Liz Hanbidge (D); Steven Malagari (D); Emily Kinkead (D); Dan Williams (D); Austin Davis (D); Michael Schlossberg (D); Dan Frankel (D); Carol Hill-Evans (D); Joseph Ciresi (D); Robert Freeman (D); Stephen Samuelson (D); Jeanne McNeill (D); Perry Warren (D); Danielle Otten (D); Christina Sappey (D); Mary Jo Daley (D); Anthony DeLuca (D); Melissa Shusterman (D); Daniel Deasy (D); Kristine Howard (D); Dianne Herrin (D); Malcolm Kenyatta (D); Michael Zabel (D); Mary Isaacson (D); Leanne Krueger-Braneky (D); Kevin Boyle (D); Maureen Madden (D); Elizabeth Fiedler (D); Patty Kim (D); John Galloway (D); Pamela DeLissio (D); Gregory Vitali (D); Joseph Hohenstein (D); Jessica Benham (D); Michael Sturla (D); Sara Innamorato (D); Summer Lee (D); Scott Conklin (D); Brandon Markosek (D); Kyle Mullins (D); Robert Merski (D); Darisha Parker (D); Patrick Harkins (D); Christopher Quinn (R); Daniel Miller (D); David Delloso (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 25% (50 of 203)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jun 13, 2022 Reported with request to re-refer to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House Jun 13, 2022 Re-referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House Jun 13, 2022 Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar
House May 25, 2022 Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill presented
House Sep 23, 2021 Referred to JUDICIARY
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
06/13/2022 19 5 1 0 Yes
  • Bonner, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Briggs, Timothy (D) Yea
  • Dawkins, Jason (D) Yea
  • Dowling, Matthew (R) NV
  • Ecker, Torren (R) Yea
  • Frances Hanbidge, Laura (D) Yea
  • Hershey, Johnathan (R) Yea
  • Hohenstein, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Jozwiak, Barry (R) Yea
  • Kail, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Kauffman, Robert (R) Yea
  • Kinkead, Emily (D) Nay
  • Klunk, Kate (R) Yea
  • Knowles, Jerome (R) Yea
  • Lee, Summer (D) Nay
  • Lewis, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Mihalek Stuck, Natalie (R) Yea
  • Millard, David (R) Yea
  • Rabb, Christopher (D) Nay
  • Rigby, James (R) Yea
  • Schemel, Paul (R) Yea
  • Shusterman, Melissa (D) Nay
  • Solomon, Jared (D) Yea
  • Stephens, Todd (R) Yea
  • Zabel, Michael (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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