PRINTER'S NO. 243
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
271
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, STURLA, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, ZABEL,
DALEY, HOWARD, FREEMAN, CIRESI, N. NELSON, DEASY, HOHENSTEIN,
DRISCOLL, ISAACSON, WEBSTER, SCHWEYER, McCLINTON, WARREN,
FRANKEL, McNEILL AND BRIGGS, JANUARY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further
providing for definitions; in inchoate crimes, further
providing for prohibited offensive weapons; in assault,
further providing for discharge of a firearm into an occupied
structure; in theft and related offenses, further providing
for definitions; in riot, disorderly conduct and related
offenses, further providing for prohibiting of paramilitary
training; in firearms and other dangerous articles, further
providing for definitions, for persons not to possess, use,
manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for firearms
not to be carried without a license, for prohibited conduct
during emergency, providing for 3-D printed firearms and
further providing for sale or transfer of firearms, for
firearm sales surcharge, for registration of firearms and for
licensing of dealers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 103 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
§ 103. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when
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