S0448B1164A02892 DMS:AAS 11/08/21 #90 A02892
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 448
Sponsor: SENATOR TARTAGLIONE
Printer's No. 1164
Amend Bill, page 1, line 3, by inserting after "articles,"
providing for report of theft or loss of firearm and
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 9 and 10, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 6115.1. Report of theft or loss of firearm.
(a) Duty to report.--An owner or other person lawfully in
possession of a firearm who suffers the loss or theft of a
firearm shall within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or
theft report the facts and circumstances of the loss or theft to
the police department having jurisdiction where the loss or
theft occurred. The person making the report shall provide the
following information:
(1) Name and permanent address of the owner.
(2) Name of the manufacturer and importer, if
applicable.
(3) Model.
(4) Type of action.
(5) Caliber or gauge.
(6) Serial number.
(7) Any other information deemed necessary by the
officer or police department receiving the report.
(b) Sharing of information.--When a person reports the loss
or theft of a firearm to a police department, the officer or
department receiving the report shall forward notice of the loss
or theft with the information obtained under subsection (a) to
the Pennsylvania State Police.
(c) Pennsylvania State Police.--The Pennsylvania State
Police shall receive, collect and file the information forwarded
to it under subsection (a). The Pennsylvania State Police shall
cooperate, and undertake to furnish or make the information
available to all law enforcement agencies in this Commonwealth,
for the purpose of coordinating law enforcement efforts to
locate the firearms.
(d) Penalty.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
person who violates subsection (a) commits a summary offense
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punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
Section 2. Section 6120 of Title 18 is amended to read:
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(2) The addition of 18 Pa.C.S. § 6115.1 shall take
effect in 60 days.
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inserting
(3)
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