PRINTER'S NO. 674
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
731
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY PARKER, HOHENSTEIN, RABB, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, KINSEY,
CIRESI, SCHLOSSBERG, KINKEAD, HILL-EVANS, SHUSTERMAN, HOWARD,
FIEDLER, WARREN, OTTEN, FRANKEL, GREEN, KHAN, KENYATTA,
PIELLI, WAXMAN, BOROWSKI, BULLOCK, HANBIDGE, MAYES AND
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MARCH 28, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 28, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for locking device for firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6142(a) and (f) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 6142. Locking device for firearms.
(a) Offense defined.--It shall be unlawful for any licensee
to sell, deliver or transfer any firearm [as defined in section
6102 (relating to definitions)], other than an antique firearm
as defined in section 6118 (relating to antique firearms), to
any other person, other than another licensee, unless the
transferee is provided with or purchases a locking device for
that firearm or the design of the firearm incorporates a locking
device.
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(f) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Firearm." Either of the following:
(1) a weapon that is designed to or readily convertible
to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; or
(2) the frame or receiver of a weapon.
"Licensee." Any licensed manufacturer, importer or dealer of
firearms.
"Locking device." Either of the following:
(1) a device that, when installed on a firearm, is
designed to prevent the firearm from being operated without
first deactivating the device; or
(2) a device that is incorporated into the design of a
firearm and that is designed to prevent the operation of the
firearm by anyone not having access to the device.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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