PRINTER'S NO. 383
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
98
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, HAYWOOD, HUGHES AND SABATINA,
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for the offense of carrying
firearms on public streets or public property in
Philadelphia.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6108 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6108. Carrying firearms on public streets or public property
in Philadelphia.
(a) General rule.--No person shall carry a firearm[, rifle
or shotgun] at any time upon the public streets or upon any
public property in a city of the first class unless:
(1) [such] the person is licensed to carry a firearm; or
(2) [such] the person is exempt from licensing under
section 6106(b) of this title (relating to firearms not to be
carried without a license).
(b) Mandatory sentence.--
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the
person in possession of a firearm at the time of arrest for a
violation of this section is not the lawful owner of the
firearm, the offense shall be graded as a felony of the third
degree and, upon conviction, the person shall be sentenced to
a minimum sentence of at least two years of total
confinement.
(2) A person sentenced under this subsection shall not
be eligible for parole, probation, work release or furlough.
(3) This subsection does not apply to any person who is
otherwise eligible to possess a firearm under this chapter
and who is operating a motor vehicle that is registered in
the person's name or the name of a spouse or parent and that
contains a firearm for which a valid license has been issued
under section 6109 (relating to licenses) to the spouse or
parent owning the firearm.
(c) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term
"firearm" shall include any weapon that is designed to or may
readily be converted to expel any projectile by the action of an
explosive or the frame or receiver of the weapon.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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