PRINTER'S NO. 2108
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1496
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY STEPHENS, SCHWEYER, SACCONE, DRISCOLL, MILLARD,
McNEILL, COHEN, MARSICO, TAYLOR, MURT, DeLUCA, BARRAR,
D. COSTA AND MILNE, AUGUST 13, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 13, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use,
manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6105(a.1)(1) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6105. Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell
or transfer firearms.
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(a.1) Penalty.--
(1) A person convicted of a felony enumerated under
subsection (b) or a felony under the act of April 14, 1972
(P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Act, or any equivalent Federal statute or
equivalent statute of any other state, who violates
subsection (a) commits a felony of the [second] first degree.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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