PRINTER'S NO. 2251
No. 1701 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, M. O'BRIEN, KIRKLAND,
BLACKWELL, JOSEPHS, MURT, LEVDANSKY, McGEEHAN, W. KELLER,
HERSHEY, SWANGER, WATERS, MYERS AND CARROLL, JULY 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 6, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of carrying
3 a firearm in the Capitol.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 6108.1. Carrying firearms in the Capitol.
9 (a) Offense defined.--No person shall carry a firearm, rifle
10 or shotgun at any time in the Main Capitol, East Wing of the
11 Capitol, the Speaker Matthew J. Ryan Legislative Office Building
12 or the Speaker K. Leroy Irvis Office Building in the City of
13 Harrisburg unless:
14 (1) Such person is a member of the Pennsylvania State
15 Police.
16 (2) Such person is a member of the Capitol Police.
17 (3) Such person is a member of Legislative Protective
18 Services with the Senate or the House of Representatives.
1 (b) Grading.--A person who violates this section commits a
2 summary offense.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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