THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON AND HUGHES, FEBRUARY 23, 2011

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of

carrying a firearm without a license.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 6106(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 6106.  Firearms not to be carried without a license.

(a)  Offense defined.--

(1)  Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person who

carries a firearm in any vehicle or any person who carries a

firearm concealed on or about his person, except in his place

of abode or fixed place of business, without a valid and

lawfully issued license under this chapter commits a felony

of the third degree[.] and shall, upon conviction, serve a

mandatory minimum one-year sentence.

(2)  A person who is otherwise eligible to possess a

valid license under this chapter but carries a firearm in any

vehicle or any person who carries a firearm concealed on or

about his person, except in his place of abode or fixed place

of business, without a valid and lawfully issued license and

has not committed any other criminal violation commits a

misdemeanor of the first degree[.] and shall, upon

conviction, serve a mandatory minimum one-year sentence.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.