PRINTER'S NO. 735
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
684
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD AND KINSEY, MARCH 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 3, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, providing for the offense of carrying a firearm in
the Capitol.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 6108.1. Carrying firearms in the Capitol.
(a) Offense defined.--No person shall carry a firearm, rifle
or shotgun at any time in any of the following buildings in the
City of Harrisburg:
(1) the Main Capitol;
(2) the East Wing of the Capitol;
(3) the Speaker Matthew J. Ryan Legislative Office
Building;
(4) the Speaker K. Leroy Irvis Office Building; or
(5) the North Office Building of the Capitol Complex.
(b) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not
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apply to a person who is:
(1) a member of the Pennsylvania State Police;
(2) a member of the Capitol Police;
(3) a member of Legislative Protective Services with the
Senate or the House of Representatives;
(4) a law enforcement officer as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. §
6102 (relating to definitions); or
(5) an armed security agent under contract to service an
automated teller machine in any of the buildings specified in
subsection (a) or to transport money to and from the
cafeteria of the East Wing of the Capitol, while performing
the person's official duties.
(c) Posting of notice.--Notice of the provisions of
subsections (a) and (d) shall be posted conspicuously at each
public entrance to each building specified in subsection (a),
and no person shall be convicted of an offense under subsection
(a) if the notice was not so posted at each public entrance to
the building unless the person had actual notice of the
provisions of subsection (a).
(d) Lockers and facilities for checking firearms, rifles and
shotguns.--The Commonwealth shall make available at or within
each building specified in subsection (a) within one year of the
effective date of this section, lockers or similar facilities at
no charge or cost for the temporary checking of firearms, rifles
and shotguns by persons lawfully carrying firearms, rifles and
shotguns. Any individual checking a firearm, rifle or shotgun at
a building specified in subsection (a) shall be issued a
receipt. Notice of the location of the lockers or similar
facility shall be posted as required under subsection (c).
(e) Grading.--A person who violates this section commits a
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misdemeanor of the first degree.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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