PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 900
PRINTER'S NO. 1472
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
912
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, PROBST, VITALI, SANCHEZ,
VENKAT, MADDEN, CIRESI, FIEDLER, STURLA, FREEMAN, KINKEAD,
FRANKEL, OTTEN, SCHWEYER, BOROWSKI, GUENST, WARREN AND
KINSEY, APRIL 17, 2023
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 7, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing
for possession of firearm or other dangerous weapon in court
facility.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 913(e) 913(B)(3), (D) AND (E) and the
definition of "court facility" in subsection (f) of Title 18 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 913. Possession of firearm or other dangerous weapon in court
facility.
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(B) GRADING.--
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(3) AN OFFENSE UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(1) IS A SUMMARY
OFFENSE IF THE PERSON WAS CARRYING A FIREARM UNDER SECTION
6106(B) (RELATING TO FIREARMS NOT TO BE CARRIED WITHOUT A
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LICENSE) OR 6109 (RELATING TO LICENSES) [AND FAILED TO CHECK
THE FIREARM UNDER SUBSECTION (E) PRIOR TO ENTERING THE COURT
FACILITY].
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(D) POSTING OF NOTICE.--NOTICE OF THE PROVISIONS OF
[SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (E)] SUBSECTION (A) SHALL BE POSTED
CONSPICUOUSLY AT EACH PUBLIC ENTRANCE TO EACH COURTHOUSE OR
OTHER BUILDING CONTAINING A COURT FACILITY AND EACH COURT
FACILITY, AND NO PERSON SHALL BE CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE UNDER
SUBSECTION (A)(1) WITH RESPECT TO A COURT FACILITY IF THE NOTICE
WAS NOT SO POSTED AT EACH PUBLIC ENTRANCE TO THE COURTHOUSE OR
OTHER BUILDING CONTAINING A COURT FACILITY AND AT THE COURT
FACILITY UNLESS THE PERSON HAD ACTUAL NOTICE OF THE PROVISIONS
OF SUBSECTION (A).
(e) [Facilities for checking firearms or other dangerous
weapons.--Each county shall make available at or within the
building containing a court facility by July 1, 2002, lockers or
similar facilities at no charge or cost for the temporary
checking of firearms by persons carrying firearms under section
6106(b) or 6109 or for the checking of other dangerous weapons
that are not otherwise prohibited by law. Any individual
checking a firearm, dangerous weapon or an item deemed to be a
dangerous weapon at a court facility must be issued a receipt.
Notice of the location of the facility shall be posted as
required under subsection (d)] (Reserved).
(f) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Court facility." The courtroom of a court of record; a
courtroom of a community court; the courtroom of a magisterial
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district judge; a courtroom of the Philadelphia Municipal Court;
a courtroom of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court; a courtroom of
the Traffic Court of Philadelphia; judge's chambers; witness
rooms; jury deliberation rooms; attorney conference rooms;
prisoner holding cells; offices of court clerks, the district
attorney, the sheriff and probation and parole officers; and any
lobbies or adjoining corridors.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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