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PRINTER'S NO. 3258
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2681
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, HANBIDGE, SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ,
VITALI, T. DAVIS, SIMS, HOHENSTEIN, ISAACSON, SCHWEYER AND
FRANKEL, JUNE 16, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 16, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for definitions and for sale or
transfer of firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6102 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
§ 6102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this subchapter which are applicable to specific
provisions of this subchapter, the following words and phrases,
when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this
section:
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"Rifle." A weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade,
and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or
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redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of an explosive
to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each
single pull of the trigger.
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"Semiautomatic assault rifle." A semiautomatic rifle capable
of holding more than five rounds of ammunition in a fixed or
detachable magazine.
"Semiautomatic rifle." A repeating rifle that utilizes a
portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired
cartridge case and chamber the next round and that requires a
separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge.
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Section 2. Section 6111(g) of Title 18 is amended by adding
a paragraph and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
§ 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
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(c.1) Semiautomatic assault rifles.--No person shall sell or
transfer a semiautomatic assault rifle to an individual under 21
years of age.
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(g) Penalties.--
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(1.1) Any person, licensed dealer, licensed manufacturer
or licensed importer who knowingly or intentionally sells,
delivers or transfers a semiautomatic assault rifle to any
person, purchaser or transferee who is unqualified or
ineligible to control, possess or use a semiautomatic assault
rifle under this chapter commits a felony of the third degree
and shall in addition be subject to revocation of the license
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to sell firearms for a period of three years.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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