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PRINTER'S NO. 3915
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2599
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY TAI, KINSEY, BRIGGS, SCHLOSSBERG, MURT, HILL-
EVANS, SOLOMON, J. McNEILL, NEILSON, KRUEGER-BRANEKY,
YOUNGBLOOD, FRANKEL, STURLA, DALEY, GALLOWAY, DONATUCCI, SIMS
AND COMITTA, AUGUST 15, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, AUGUST 15, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, providing for civil liability of firearm owner for
loss or theft.
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:
ยง 6115.1. Civil liability of firearm owner for loss or theft.
(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 loss or theft, including the facts and
circumstances of the loss or theft, to the municipal police of
the jurisdiction in which the loss or theft is believed to have
occurred or to the Pennsylvania State Police.
(b) Penalty.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
person who fails to report the loss or theft of a firearm under
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subsection (a) that is later used in the commission of a crime
shall be held civilly liable for any damages resulting from that
crime.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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