PRINTER'S NO. 4287
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2729
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, RAPP, IRVIN, REESE, SNYDER, BURNS, GROVE,
B. O'NEILL, BERNSTINE, TOPPER, A. HARRIS, MILLARD, HANNA,
DOWLING, DeLUCA, SAYLOR, WARD, GOODMAN, MARSHALL, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, SANKEY, GILLEN AND MASSER, OCTOBER 17, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general administration, providing
for guard and magazine capacity requirement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 1106. Guard and magazine capacity requirement.
A correctional institution shall require two correctional
facility employees or two detention facility per guard tower or
observational unit who shall be armed with an autoloading rifle
with a minimum capacity of 500 preloaded rounds per rifle.
Section 2. Any and all regulations are abrogated insofar as
they are inconsistent with this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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