PRINTER'S NO. 524
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
497
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SABATINA AND TARTAGLIONE, APRIL 8, 2021
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for the offense of carrying
firearms on public streets or public property in
Philadelphia.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6108 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6108. Carrying firearms on public streets or public property
in Philadelphia.
(a) General rule.--No person shall carry a firearm[, rifle
or shotgun] at any time upon the public streets or upon any
public property in a city of the first class unless:
(1) [such] the person is licensed to carry a firearm; or
(2) [such] the person is exempt from licensing under
section 6106(b) of this title (relating to firearms not to be
carried without a license).
(b) Mandatory sentence.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the
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