PRINTER'S NO. 2110
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1498
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY STEPHENS, FREEMAN, ROZZI, SCHLOSSBERG, BOBACK,
GROVE, THOMAS, JOZWIAK, SACCONE, HARPER, MARSICO, JAMES,
QUINN, PHILLIPS-HILL, D. COSTA, TOEPEL, MILNE, O'NEILL, KIM,
O'BRIEN, MUSTIO, KAVULICH, MACKENZIE, TRUITT, ACOSTA, WARD,
FARRY, COHEN, WATSON AND DEAN, AUGUST 13, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 13, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for duties of the Pennsylvania
State Police.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6111.1(f)(3) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is reenacted and amended and
the subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 6111.1. Pennsylvania State Police.
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(f) Notification of mental health adjudication, treatment,
commitment, drug use or addiction.--
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(3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and except
as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), the Pennsylvania
State Police shall, within 72 hours of receipt, disclose,
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electronically or otherwise, to the United States Attorney
General or a designee, any record relevant to a determination
of whether a person is disqualified from possessing or
receiving a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(3) or (4) or an
applicable state statute, and any record relevant to a
determination of whether a person is not disqualified or is
no longer disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm
under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) or (4) or an applicable state
statute.
(4) Any record described in paragraph (3), regardless of
the date received, that is in the possession of the
Pennsylvania State Police as of the effective date of this
paragraph and has not been previously disclosed,
electronically or otherwise, to the United States Attorney
General or a designee shall be so disclosed within 90 days of
the effective date of this paragraph.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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