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PA Bill Number: HB660

Title: Providing for minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold in this Commonwealth; imposing penalties; and making repeals.

Description: Providing for minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold in this Commonwealth; imposing penalties; and making repeal ...

Last Action: Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure

Last Action Date: Feb 13, 2026

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Amish man challenges photo ID requirement to buy firearms :: 10/26/2015

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- An Amish resident of central Pennsylvania is challenging the photo identification requirement to purchase a firearm, saying his religious beliefs prevent him from being photographed.

PennLive.com reports that Andrew Hertzler argues in a suit filed Friday in U.S. Middle District Court that the requirement violates his religious freedom and his constitutional right to possess a firearm.

Hertzler said his beliefs as a member of an Amish community in Lancaster County bar photographs being taken of him, but he was prohibited from buying a gun in June for self-defense purposes.

The lawsuit said Hertzler could get a federal firearms license to deal in guns without a photograph but has no desire to do that. He contends that the state's non-photo ID along with other documentation should be sufficient.

http://6abc.com/news/amish-man-challenges-photo-id-requirement-to-buy-firearms/1050700/