PRINTER'S NO. 1579
No. 1171 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY FUMO, TARTAGLIONE, STACK, KITCHEN, A. WILLIAMS, HUGHES AND WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 27, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of 3 carrying a firearm without a license. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 6106(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 6106. Firearms not to be carried without a license. 9 (a) Offense defined.-- 10 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person who 11 carries a firearm in any vehicle or any person who carries a 12 firearm concealed on or about his person, except in his place 13 of abode or fixed place of business, without a valid and 14 lawfully issued license under this chapter commits a felony 15 of the third degree[.]and shall, upon conviction, serve a 16 mandatory minimum one-year sentence. 17 (2) A person who is otherwise eligible to possess a 18 valid license under this chapter but carries a firearm in any
1 vehicle or any person who carries a firearm concealed on or 2 about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place 3 of business, without a valid and lawfully issued license and 4 has not committed any other criminal violation commits a 5 misdemeanor of the first degree[.]and shall, upon conviction, 6 serve a mandatory minimum one-year sentence. 7 * * * 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. K19L18JS/20070S1171B1579 - 2 -