PA Bill Number: HB2009
Title: Providing for the establishment and funding of a center to conduct research on gun violence in this Commonwealth.
Description: An Act providing for the establishment and funding of a center to conduct research on gun violence in this Commonwealth.
Last Action:
Last Action Date: Oct 23, 2021
Concealed Carry Seminar – Sponsored by Rep. Jason Ortitay - 11/3/2021
Collier Community Center 5 Pvt. Lobaugh Dr.
Concealed Carry Seminar – Sponsored by Rep. Tim O’Neal - 11/4/2021
North Franklin Volunteer Fire Company 565 Sylvan Dr., Washington, PA
Concealed Carry Seminar – Sponsored by PA Rep. Bud Cook - 11/5/2021
Monongahela Fire Department 51 W. Main St., Monongahela PA
50 total bills, 28 anti-gun bills,
12 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed U.S. Senate Firearm Legislation
50 total bills, 28 anti-gun bills,
12 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Terror Intelligence Improvement Act of 2021
Description: Establishes a framework to limit the transfer of a firearm or explosive to a person who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation. Specifically, the bill requires each federal department or agency to provide to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) information about a person who is or has been under a federal terrorism investigation. Additionally, it requires the FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Forces to immediately be notified of a request to transfer a firearm or explosive to a person who is, or was within the previous 10 years, under a federal terrorism investigation (i.e., a suspected terrorist). Further, the Department of Justice must establish a process to delay and prevent the transfer of a firearm or explosive to a suspected terrorist.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 2, 2021
Title: Ethan's Law
Description: Establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels. At the federal level, the bill establishes statutory requirements for firearms on residential premises to be safely stored if a minor is likely to gain access without permission or if a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm. An individual who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties. A firearm stored in violation of the requirements is subject to seizure and forfeiture. At the state and tribal levels, the bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to implement functionally identical requirements for the safe storage of firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 3, 2021
Title: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 4, 2021, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2021 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
Description: This resolution supports the designation of National Gun Violence Awareness Month and the designation of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 26, 2021
Title: Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021
Description: 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: February 8, 2021
Title: Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
Description: Establishes a new grant program to help states and Indian tribes implement extreme risk protection order laws. Extreme risk protection order laws, or red flag laws, generally allow certain individuals (e.g., law enforcement officers or family members) to petition a court for a temporary order that prohibits an at-risk individual from purchasing and possessing firearms. The bill also expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons who are subject to an extreme risk protection order.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: February 8, 2021
Title: Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
Title: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021
Description: A bill to protect victims of stalking from gun violence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 2, 2021
Title: Background Check Expansion Act
Description: 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: March 2, 2021
Title: Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: Establishes the Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence. Among other things, the advisory council must assess the needs of victims of gun violence and disseminate information about helpful resources.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 3, 2021
Title: Background Check Completion Act of 2021
Description: Prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check. Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 4, 2021
Title: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
Description: 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 10, 2021
Title: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
Description: Prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed by individuals, 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: March 11, 2021
Title: U.S. Military Right to Carry Act
Description: Requires a state that receives funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to have implemented (1) a law or policy authorizing members of the Armed Forces who are outside of their state of residence under orders to renew a permit to carry a concealed firearm through the mail, and (2) a law or policy that treats members of the Armed Forces on active duty in the state as residents of the state for purposes of issuing a permit to carry a concealed firearm in the state. The Department of Justice must reduce by 5% the amount that a state would otherwise receive under the grant program if the state fails to comply with either requirement.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2021
Description: A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Title: Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Title: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
Description: Authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 16, 2021
Title: Firearms Safety Act
Description: Allows an individual taxpayer a new refundable tax credit for the sum of amounts paid for any gun safe and for a concealed carry firearms course or firearm safety course. The bill prohibits any requirement to provide information on firearms owned by the taxpayer.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: March 17, 2021
Title: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
Description: Removes short-barreled rifles (barrels of less than 16 inches in length) from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also eliminates the prohibition on the transportation of such rifles in interstate commerce and treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled rifle as meeting the registration or licensing requirements for such rifle where such requirements are determined by reference to the National Firearms Act. The bill preempts state or local laws that impose a tax or recordkeeping requirements on short-barreled rifles. The Department of Justice must destroy records relating to the registration of certain rifles within one year after the enactment of this bill.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last Action Date: March 17, 2021
Title: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2021
Description: A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 22, 2021
Title: Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
Description: Amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws. Specifically, the bill removes provisions that limit the use of firearms tracing data, limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act, prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory, prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees (e.g., gun dealers), and require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2021
Title: SHUSH Act Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act
Description: 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: April 13, 2021
Title: Keep Americans Safe Act
Description: 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: April 14, 2021
Title: HEAR Act Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2021
Description: Establishes a new criminal offense for the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a firearm silencer or firearm muffler. The bill does not prohibit certain conduct with respect to a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, including the following: importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; and importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials. In addition, the bill requires the Department of Justice to establish and implement a buy-back program to purchase firearm silencers and firearm mufflers. States and local governments may use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender firearm silencers and firearm mufflers under this buy-back program.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 15, 2021
Title: Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2021
Description: A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1985)
Last Action Date: April 15, 2021
Title: Jaime’s Law
Description: Establishes background check requirements for the sale and transfer of ammunition. Specifically, the bill prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring ammunition to an unlicensed individual prior to submitting a background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. It also establishes penalties for violations. (Currently, background checks are required under these circumstances for the transfer of firearms, but not for ammunition.) Additionally, it prohibits an ammunition transfer between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals) unless a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer first takes possession of the ammunition to conduct a background check. However, this prohibition does not apply to certain ammunition 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: April 20, 2021
Title: Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
Description: Requires the national instant criminal background check system to automatically notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and relevant state and local law enforcement agencies when the system indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 21, 2021
Title: Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Description: Removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers and the disclosure of gun trace data in civil actions. 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. Additionally, the bill states that firearms trace data maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is not immune from legal process. Such data is subject to discovery; is admissible as evidence; and may be used, relied on, or disclosed in a civil action or administrative proceeding.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 22, 2021
Title: SAME Act Second Amendment Mandates Equality Act
Description: Reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 27, 2021
Title: PUBLIC Lands Act Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California Lands Act
Description: Sets forth provisions concerning the restoration, economic development, and conservation of, and recreational access to, certain public lands in California. The bill establishes the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area, the California Public Lands Remediation Partnership, the Trinity Lake and Del Norte County visitor centers, the Horse Mountain Special Management Area, the Elk Camp Ridge Recreation Trail, the Sanhedrin Special Conservation Management Area, and the Condor National Scenic Trail. The bill designates specified federal lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, the North Fork Wilderness as the North Fork Eel River Wilderness, specified federal lands as potential wilderness areas, specified segments of certain rivers and creeks and of a specified river estuary as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the Machesna Mountain and the Fox Mountain Potential Wilderness Areas, the Condor Ridge and Black Mountain Scenic Areas, and the San Gabriel National Recreation Area. Also, the bill authorizes the utilization of certain forest residues for research and development of biobased products that result in net carbon sequestration, authorizes initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in the Redwood National Forest and state parks, requires specified recreational studies and partnerships, and expands the boundaries of the Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
Last Action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Last Action Date: October 19, 2021
Title: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2021
Description: A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 29, 2021
Title: Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 11, 2021
Title: Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
Description: 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 12, 2021
Title: LEOSA Reform Act
Description: Broadens the authority for certain law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across state lines. Specifically, the bill allows qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms and ammunition (including magazines) in school zones; in national parks; on state, local, or private property that is open to the public; and in certain federal facilities that are open to the public. Further, the bill permits states to reduce the frequency with which retired law enforcement officers must meet certain qualification standards.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 13, 2021
Title: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2021
Description: A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
Last Action Date: May 24, 2021
Title: Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021
Description: Requires the National Tracing Center within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to establish and maintain an electronic, searchable database of records related to certain firearms transactions.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Title: Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021
Description: Requires safety standards for firearm locks and safes. Under such standards, firearm locks must be reasonably designed to (1) prevent the firearm from discharging while the lock is activated, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the firearm. Further, firearm safes must be reasonably designed to (1) secure firearms, and (2) prevent unauthorized access to the safe through physical manipulation or damage.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: May 25, 2021
Title: Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
Description: Prohibits (1) the President or the Department of Health and Human Services from declaring emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control; and (2) a federal officer or employee, or person operating under color of federal law, from banning the manufacture, sale, or transfer of firearms or ammunition while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 27, 2021
Title: ATF Accountability Act of 2021
Description: Establishes a federal statutory process for licensed gun dealers, importers, or manufacturers to appeal a ruling or determination by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 27, 2021
Title: Hearing Protection Act
Description: 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 definitions 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: June 15, 2021
Title: Disarm Hate Act
Description: The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm. Specifically, it prohibits firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or transport by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 16, 2021
Title: Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program relating to the removal of firearms from adjudicated domestic violence offenders, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 22, 2021
Title: A bill to extend concealed carry rights to Federal judges and prosecutors.
Description: A bill to extend concealed carry rights to Federal judges and prosecutors.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 24, 2021
Title: 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2021
Description: 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: July 13, 2021
Title: Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021
Description: Modifies the requirements and penalties applicable to an individual who engages in the business of dealing, importing, or manufacturing firearms (i.e., a federal firearms licensee, or FFL). Among other things, the bill does the following: increases the allowable number of annual compliance inspections; authorizes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to hire at least 80 additional personnel to conduct additional inspections; increases the maximum prison term for an FFL or licensed collector who knowingly makes a false statement or representation in required firearms records; allows the ATF to require an FFL to conduct physical inventories if the FFL unlawfully transfers a firearm or if 10 or more crime guns are traced back to the FFL; allows the ATF to deny an application for a federal firearms license if it would endanger public safety or if the applicant is unlikely to comply with the law; and modifies the liability standard for an FFL who fails to comply with laws or regulations.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2021
Title: A bill to provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.
Description: Authorizes grants for states to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. A state's requirements must incorporate certain elements, including the following: an individual must have a firearms license at the time of acquiring, and during the entire period of possessing, a firearm or ammunition; and an individual who sells, rents, or leases a minimum number of firearms, or sells ammunition, must obtain a firearms dealer license.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: July 13, 2021
Title: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2021
Description: 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: July 22, 2021
Title: Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2021
Description: A bill to amend the Communications Decency Act to remove immunity for online firearms marketplaces, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2021
Title: SECURE Firearm Storage Act Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act
Description: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require federally licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, and dealers to meet certain requirements with respect to securing their firearms inventory, business records, and business premises.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 30, 2021
Title: Recreational Lands Self Defense Act
Description: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Last Action Date: October 6, 2021
Title: Fair Adjudications for Immigrants Act
Description: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to alter the definition of "conviction", and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7001)
Last Action Date: October 7, 2021
