PRINTER'S NO. 564
No. 532 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY C. WILLIAMS, MARCH 29, 2005
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 29, 2005
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for firearm tracing. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 7 § 6127. Firearm tracing. 8 (a) Illegal possession.--Upon recovering a firearm from the 9 possession of anyone under 21 years of age who is not permitted 10 by Federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law 11 enforcement agency shall use the best available information, 12 including a firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and 13 from where the person under 21 years of age gained possession of 14 the firearm. 15 (b) Tracing.--Local law enforcement shall use the National 16 Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 17 Firearms in complying with subsection (a).
1 (c) Notification.--Local law enforcement agencies shall 2 advise the Pennsylvania State Police of all firearms that are 3 recovered in accordance with this section. 4 (d) Registry.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall maintain 5 a registry of all information reported in accordance with this 6 section. 7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L28L18JS/20050S0532B0564 - 2 -