Proposed Pennsylvania Firearm Legislation SB908
Legislation Overview
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for definitions, for the offense of persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for sale or transfer of firearms, for Pennsylvania State Police, for firearm sales surcharge, for retail dealer required to be licensed and for licensing of dealers and providing for ammunition purchase authorization permits and for transporting ammunition into this Commonwealth; establishing the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Fund; and making editorial changes.
Description: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for definitions, for the offense of persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for sale or transfer of firearms, for Pennsylvania State Police, for firearm sales surcharge, for retail dealer required to be licensed and for licensing of dealers and providing for ammunition purchase authorization permits and for transporting ammunition into this Commonwealth; establishing the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Fund; and making editorial changes.
Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: September 7, 2023
Sponsors
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11 sponsors: Arthur Haywood (D); John Kane (D); Amanda Cappelletti (D); Christine Tartaglione (D); Nikil Saval (D); Wayne Fontana (D); Jimmy Dillon (D); Timothy Kearney (D); Anthony Williams (D); Jay Costa (D); Maria Collett (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 22% (11 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Sep 7, 2023 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
