PRINTER'S NO. 49
No. 24 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MYERS, D. EVANS, GERBER, BENNINGTON, JAMES,
STURLA, WHEATLEY, WILLIAMS, BISHOP, COHEN, CRUZ, CURRY,
FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, JOSEPHS, KIRKLAND, LEACH, M. O'BRIEN,
PASHINSKI AND ROEBUCK, JANUARY 30, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 30, 2007
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.
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