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PRINTER'S NO. 71
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
98
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, SCARNATI, BARTOLOTTA, FOLMER,
LANGERHOLC, MARTIN, REGAN AND K. WARD, JANUARY 24, 2019
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JANUARY 24, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 35 (Health and
Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for
prohibited conduct during emergency; and, in Commonwealth
services, further providing for general authority of
Governor.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6107(a) and (b) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 6107. Prohibited conduct during emergency.
[(a) General rule.--No person shall carry a firearm upon the
public streets or upon any public property during an emergency
proclaimed by a State or municipal governmental executive unless
that person is:
(1) Actively engaged in a defense of that person's life
or property from peril or threat.
(2) Licensed to carry firearms under section 6109
(relating to licenses) or is exempt from licensing under
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section 6106(b) (relating to firearms not to be carried
without a license).]
(b) Seizure, taking and confiscation.--[Except as otherwise
provided under subsection (a) and notwithstanding]
Notwithstanding the provisions of 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 73 (relating to
Commonwealth services) or any other provision of law to the
contrary, no firearm, accessory or ammunition may be seized,
taken or confiscated during an emergency unless the seizure,
taking or confiscation would be authorized absent the emergency.
* * *
Section 2. Section 7301(f)(8) of Title 35 is amended to
read:
§ 7301. General authority of Governor.
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(f) Additional powers.--In addition to any other powers
conferred upon the Governor by law, the Governor may:
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(8) Suspend or limit the sale, dispensing or
transportation of alcoholic beverages, [firearms,] explosives
and combustibles.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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