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Proposed Pennsylvania Senate Legislation SB501

Legislation Overview

Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and providing for relinquishment of firearms and firearm licenses by convicted persons and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in criminal history record information, further providing for order for limited access; and, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions, for commencement of proceedings, for hearings, for relief, for return of relinquished firearms, other weapons and ammunition and additional relief, for relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping and for relinquishment to third party for safekeeping.

Subject:

Description: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) 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 providing for relinquishment of firearms and firearm licenses by convicted persons and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in criminal history record information, further providing for order for limited access; and, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions, for commencement of proceedings, for hearings, for relief, for return of relinquished firearms, other weapons and ammunition and additional relief, for relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping and for relinquishment to third party for safekeeping.

Session: 2017-2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY

Last Action Date: March 26, 2018

Link: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=501

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'.

18 sponsors: Thomas Killion (R); Jay Costa (D); Andrew Dinniman (D); Lawrence Farnese (D); Arthur Haywood (D); Vincent Hughes (D); Daylin Leach (D); Thomas McGarrigle (R); Charles McIlhinney (R); John Sabatina (D); Judy Schwank (D); Sharif Street (D); Robert Tomlinson (R); Anthony Williams (D); John Blake (D); Wayne Fontana (D); Christine Tartaglione (D); Mario Scavello (R)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Mar 26, 2018	Referred to JUDICIARY
Senate	Mar 21, 2018	Third consideration and final passage (50-0)
House	Mar 21, 2018	In the House
Senate	Mar 20, 2018	Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
Senate	Mar 20, 2018	Second consideration
Senate	Mar 20, 2018	Re-reported as committed
Senate	Mar 19, 2018	First consideration
Senate	Mar 19, 2018	Reported as amended
Senate	Mar 28, 2017	Referred to JUDICIARY

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Amended	not available	state bill text	bill text
Introduced	not available	state bill text	bill text

Votes

There have not been any votes on this bill

Tag(s)

• PFA and Domestic Violence