A05426
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2440
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, BARRAR, STAATS, MADDEN, STRUZZI, DeLUCA,
ECKER, TURZAI, GLEIM, READSHAW, KEEFER, HELM, MERSKI, JAMES,
COOK, SCHLEGEL CULVER, MASSER, EVERETT, MOUL, BURNS, FEE,
GILLEN AND RYAN, APRIL 27, 2020
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 30, 2020
AN ACT
Providing for COVID-19 guidelines EXTENSION OF COVID-19 WAIVER
PROVISIONS for outdoor sportsman clubs. Providing for the
designation of shooting ranges, sportsman clubs, hunting
facilities and business relating to the sale and production
of firearms and ammunition as life-sustaining.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the COVID-19
Emergency Outdoor Sportsman Club Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Clubhouse." An inside area at an outdoor sportsman club
where individuals gather and food and beverages may be served.
"COVID-19." The novel coronavirus identified in the
proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on
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March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and
any renewal of the state of disaster emergency.
"Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth.
"Outdoor sportsman club." An association or club where
members and the public gather that has a shooting range.
"Range." An archery range, handgun shooting range, rifle
shooting range or shotgun range.
Section 3. COVID-19 guidelines for outdoor sportsman clubs.
All outdoor sportsman clubs in this Commonwealth that choose
to remain open during the COVID-19 emergency shall:
(1) Impose social distancing and mask requirements in
accordance with the department's COVID-19 guidelines.
(2) Only permit five shooters in each range at a time.
(3) Close a clubhouse associated with the outdoor
sportsman club in order to adhere to the department's COVID-
19 guidelines.
SECTION 3. EXTENSION OF COVID-19 WAIVER PROVISIONS.
THE SECRETARY OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHALL
IMMEDIATELY ISSUE A WAIVER TO THE GOVERNOR'S 20200319 TWW COVID-
19 BUSINESS CLOSURE ORDER TO ALL OUTDOOR SPORTSMAN CLUBS THAT
CAN ADHERE TO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING PRACTICES, MASK REQUIREMENTS
AND OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES DEFINED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AND TO MITIGATE
THE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Hunting,
Firearm and Ammunition Life-Sustaining Business Act.
Section 2. Designation of life-sustaining businesses.
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Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary,
consistent with the inviolate rights enumerated under sections
21 and 25 of Article I of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
shooting ranges, sportsman clubs, hunting facilities and firearm
and ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers and
distributors, inclusive of their employees and agents, shall
always be constituted as life-sustaining businesses in this
Commonwealth, which shall never be shuttered or limited in their
ability to produce, provide, sell or otherwise offer firearms,
ammunition, firearm accessories, component parts of firearms,
ammunition and firearm accessories, and all services, training,
safety and practice related to firearms and hunting.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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