PRINTER'S NO. 1124
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1090
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, ZABEL, FRANKEL, VITALI, KINSEY,
SANCHEZ, FREEMAN, D. WILLIAMS, SCHLOSSBERG, NEILSON,
ISAACSON, SCHWEYER, CIRESI AND SIMS, APRIL 5, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 5, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing
for possession of firearm or other dangerous weapon in court
facility.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 913(e) and the definition of "court
facility" in subsection (f) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 913. Possession of firearm or other dangerous weapon in court
facility.
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(e) [Facilities for checking firearms or other dangerous
weapons.--Each county shall make available at or within the
building containing a court facility by July 1, 2002, lockers or
similar facilities at no charge or cost for the temporary
checking of firearms by persons carrying firearms under section
6106(b) or 6109 or for the checking of other dangerous weapons
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that are not otherwise prohibited by law. Any individual
checking a firearm, dangerous weapon or an item deemed to be a
dangerous weapon at a court facility must be issued a receipt.
Notice of the location of the facility shall be posted as
required under subsection (d)] (Reserved).
(f) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Court facility." The courtroom of a court of record; a
courtroom of a community court; the courtroom of a magisterial
district judge; a courtroom of the Philadelphia Municipal Court;
a courtroom of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court; a courtroom of
the Traffic Court of Philadelphia; judge's chambers; witness
rooms; jury deliberation rooms; attorney conference rooms;
prisoner holding cells; offices of court clerks, the district
attorney, the sheriff and probation and parole officers; and any
lobbies or adjoining corridors.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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