PRINTER'S NO. 2102
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1618
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, JOHNSON-HARRELL, HARRIS AND SOLOMON,
JUNE 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 11, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use,
manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for sale
or transfer of firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 6105 and 6111 of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 6105. Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell
or transfer firearms.
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(d.1) Concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute.--The following
apply:
(1) In addition to the authority conferred upon the
Attorney General by the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950,
No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the
Attorney General shall have the authority to investigate and
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institute criminal proceedings for a violation of this
section.
(2) No person charged with a violation of this section
by the Attorney General shall have standing to challenge the
authority of the Attorney General to prosecute the case, and,
if any such challenge is made, the challenge shall be
dismissed and no relief shall be available in the courts of
this Commonwealth to the person making the challenge.
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§ 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
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(d.1) Concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute.--The following
apply:
(1) In addition to the authority conferred upon the
Attorney General by the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950,
No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the
Attorney General shall have the authority to investigate and
institute criminal proceedings for a violation of this
section.
(2) No person charged with a violation of this section
by the Attorney General shall have standing to challenge the
authority of the Attorney General to prosecute the case, and,
if any such challenge is made, the challenge shall be
dismissed and no relief shall be available in the courts of
this Commonwealth to the person making the challenge.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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