PA Bill Number: SB986
Title: In methodology, further providing for methods of destruction of animals and exclusive method for small domestic animals.
Description: In methodology, further providing for methods of destruction of animals and exclusive method for small domestic animals. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Last Action Date: Jan 17, 2020
Firearms Seminar hosted by PA Rep. Mike Puskaric - 01/25/2020
Carrick Sportsmen’s Club 3301 Ridge Road, South Park, PA
Keep Cook Rally - 01/25/2020
Valley Inn Social Hall 34 Snyder Avenue, Monongahela, PA
Concealed Carry Education Seminar hosted by PA Senator Doug Mastriano - 01/25/2020
South Mountain Fish and Game Club 11547 Loop Road, Fayetteville, PA
52 total bills, 29 anti-gun bills,
14 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed U.S. Senate Firearm Legislation
52 total bills, 29 anti-gun bills,
14 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Description: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 3, 2019
Title: Background Check Expansion Act
Description: Background Check Expansion Act This bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals). Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 8, 2019
Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2019
Description: Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 This bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is (1) manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action; (2) permanently inoperable; (3) an antique; or (4) a rifle or shotgun specifically identified by make and model. The bill also exempts from the prohibition the following, with respect to a SAW or LCAFD: importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and possession by a retired law enforcement officer. The bill permits continued possession, sale, or transfer of a grandfathered SAW, which must be securely stored. A licensed gun dealer must conduct a background check prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between private parties. The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD. Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification. Newly manufactured SAWs and LCAFDs must display the date of manufacture. The bill also allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender a SAW or LCAFD under a buy-back program.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S103-104)
Last Action Date: January 9, 2019
Title: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019
Description: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2019 This bill allows a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows its residents to carry concealed firearms. A qualified individual must (1) be eligible to possess, transport, or receive a firearm under federal law; (2) carry a valid photo identification document; and (3) carry a valid state-issued concealed carry permit, or be eligible to carry a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 9, 2019
Title: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
Description: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act This bill allows a state to use federal funds to cover a higher percentage of the costs for the construction and expansion of public target ranges. Specifically, a state may use specified federal grant funds to pay up to 90% of such costs (rather than 75%, as under current law). Additionally, amounts provided for these purposes shall remain available for five fiscal years (rather than two, as under current law).
Last Action: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Last Action Date: April 30, 2019
Title: A resolution keeping guns out of classrooms.
Description: A resolution keeping guns out of classrooms.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1906)
Last Action Date: March 14, 2019
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2019
Description: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 15, 2019
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act
Description: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: January 17, 2019
Title: Ethan's Law
Description: Ethan's Law
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: January 18, 2019
Title: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act
Description: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act This bill modifies the treatment of silencers under federal statutes governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Specifically, it removes silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation (i.e., registration and licensing requirements) under the National Firearms Act (NFA). Additionally, it excludes a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation (e.g., background check requirements) under the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). Finally, the bill does the following: preempts state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers, specifies that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the GCA meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA, eliminates mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer or muffler, and permits active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: January 24, 2019
Title: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 7 through June 9, 2019, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend" and June 2019 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Description: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 7 through June 9, 2019, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend" and June 2019 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month". This resolution expresses support for the designation of June 2019 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month and the designation of June 7-June 9, 2019, as National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3011)
Last Action Date: May 21, 2019
Title: Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019
Description: Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management. The bill defines "behavioral threat assessment and management" as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat. DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: January 29, 2019
Title: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act
Description: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act This bill establishes security requirements for the business premises of a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer. Specifically, when the premises are closed for business, an importer, manufacturer, or dealer must secure the firearms inventory and securely store paper business records. A violator is subject to penalties—a civil fine, suspension or revocation of a license, or both a civil fine and suspension or revocation of a license.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 4, 2019
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act This bill prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed, or (2) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last Action Date: February 6, 2019
Title: A bill to modify the definition of an antique firearm.
Description: A bill to modify the definition of an antique firearm. This bill modifies the date of manufacture used to determine whether a firearm is an "antique firearm" for purposes of federal firearms laws.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: February 12, 2019
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: Keep Americans Safe Act This bill establishes a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). The bill does not prohibit certain conduct with respect to an LCAFD, including the following: importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and possession by a retired law enforcement officer. The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD. Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification and the date of manufacture. Additionally, the bill allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender an LCAFD under a buy-back program.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 12, 2019
Title: Stopping the Traffic in Overseas Proliferation of Ghost Guns Act
Description: Stopping the Traffic in Overseas Proliferation of Ghost Guns Act
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Last Action Date: February 12, 2019
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Description: Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2019
Title: Interstate Transport Act of 2019
Description: Interstate Transport Act of 2019
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 161.
Last Action Date: July 24, 2019
Title: Marijuana Justice Act of 2019
Description: Marijuana Justice Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 28, 2019
Title: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2019
Description: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2019 This bill makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense. A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to criminal penalties—a prison term of up to 20 years (or up to 25 years, if the person also acted as an organizer), a fine, or both.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 7, 2019
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Description: Hearing Protection Act This bill removes silencers from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act. The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer. The bill also revises the definition of firearm silencer and firearm muffler under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: March 14, 2019
Title: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2019
Description: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Justice to notify state and local law enforcement authorities following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 26, 2019
Title: Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act of 2019
Description: Veterans' Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Last Action Date: May 6, 2019
Title: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2019
Description: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 7, 2019
Title: Age 21 Act
Description: Age 21 Act
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 9, 2019
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: Disarm Hate Act
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 14, 2019
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 16, 2019
Title: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019
Description: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 16, 2019
Title: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
Description: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act This bill modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Title: Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act
Description: Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act This bill decriminalizes marijuana. Specifically, it removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who imports, exports, manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, the bill does the following: establishes a trust fund to assist women-owned and minority-owned marijuana businesses, requires federal research on the impacts of marijuana use on highway safety and public health, authorizes federal restrictions on the marketing of marijuana-related products, and authorizes grants for state and local governments to expunge or seal convictions for marijuana possession.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2971-2972)
Last Action Date: May 20, 2019
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Description: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act This bill removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers. Specifically, the bill repeals the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which prohibits civil actions against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, seller, importer, dealer, or trade association for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 11, 2019
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2019
Description: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2019 This bill modifies criminal penalties for an offense involving the theft of a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises. Specifically, the bill does the following: increases from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and creates a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery. An attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 11, 2019
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019
Description: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 12, 2019
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2019
Description: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2019 This bill makes it unlawful to intentionally publish digital instructions for programming a three-dimensional printer to make a firearm.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2019
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 13, 2019
Title: SAFETY Act Start Advancing Firearms Enhancements and Technology Act of 2019
Description: SAFETY Act Start Advancing Firearms Enhancements and Technology Act of 2019 This bill increases the rate of the research tax credit from 20% to 30% for research expenses to develop smart gun technologies. The bill also modifies the excise tax on the sale of firearms to exempt the portion of the sale price that is attributable to smart gun technology. "Smart gun technology" is technology (other than a simple mechanical lock) that is designed to (1) prevent a firearm from being fired by any individual other than an authorized user; and (2) convert the firearm from the inoperable condition to the operable condition in less than two seconds after the authorized user makes contact with the firearm, the firearm's arming device, or an external safe or locking device.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: June 18, 2019
Title: Jaime's Law
Description: Jaime's Law
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 20, 2019
Title: HEAR Act Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2019
Description: HEAR Act Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 24, 2019
Title: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.
Description: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects. This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow an individual to possess a firearm in a public area of a water resources development project if (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: June 27, 2019
Title: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2019
Description: MASS Act Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 27, 2019
Title: Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act
Description: Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act This bill revises provisions of the Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act relating to the funding of wildlife conservation. Specifically, the bill adds new definitions, including a definition of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment; apportions to states revenues from taxes on pistols, revolvers, bows, and arrows at a rate not greater than 3% and not less than 1% of such revenues; removes the existing prohibition on public relations to allow spending by states for management of wildlife areas and promotion of hunting and recreational shooting; allows the use of grant funds for the enhancement of hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment; and expands the Multistate Conservation Grant program by providing $5 million exclusively for making hunter and recreational shooter recruitment project grants that promote a national hunting and shooting sport recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities. The Fish and Wildlife Service shall review and evaluate the effects of funds used for hunter and recreational shooter recruitment on funds available for wildlife conservation.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: July 11, 2019
Title: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2019
Description: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2019 This bill establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Among other things, the bill does the following: generally requires owners of certain firearms—handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device—to obtain a license, and establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 25, 2019
Title: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2019
Description: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 31, 2019
Title: Federal Firearm Licensing Act
Description: Federal Firearm Licensing Act
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 10, 2019
Title: Break the Cycle of Violence Act
Description: Break the Cycle of Violence Act This bill authorizes new grant programs to support violence intervention initiatives. Specifically, the Bureau of Justice Assistance must award grants for coordinated violence reduction initiatives in units of local government that are disproportionately impacted by gun and group-related violence. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health must award grants for hospital-based violence intervention programs that reduce the risk of violent injury and retaliation among high-risk patients.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: October 23, 2019
Title: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
Description: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6569)
Last Action Date: November 13, 2019
Title: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
Description: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 308.
Last Action Date: November 21, 2019
Title: Safe Gun Storage Act of 2019
Description: Safe Gun Storage Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: December 17, 2019
Title: Servicemembers Self-Defense Act of 2019
Description: Servicemembers Self-Defense Act of 2019
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Last Action Date: December 19, 2019
Title: Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
Description: Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: December 19, 2019
Title: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
Description: Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S195-197)
Last Action Date: January 14, 2020
