PRINTER'S NO. 1172
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1117
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BRENNAN, MADDEN, PROBST, PIELLI, RABB, SIEGEL,
SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KHAN, CERRATO, CIRESI, STEELE,
WARREN, SHUSTERMAN, TAKAC, MALAGARI, KINKEAD, BOYLE,
SCHWEYER, HANBIDGE, DONAHUE, GREEN AND FLEMING, MAY 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 5, 2023
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 certain
bullets prohibited.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6121(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
ยง 6121. Certain bullets prohibited.
(a) Offense defined.--It is unlawful for any person to
possess, sell, transfer, use or attempt to use a KTW teflon-
coated bullet or other armor-piercing ammunition [while
committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence as
defined in section 6102 (relating to definitions)].
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(c.1) Exceptions.--
(1) Any person who possesses armor-piercing ammunition
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as of the effective date of this subsection shall have 60
days after the effective date of this subsection to surrender
armor-piercing ammunition to law enforcement, during which
time a person may not be guilty of possessing an armor-
piercing bullet.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale,
offering or exposing for sale, use, purchase or possession of
armor-piercing ammunition by a person who is a government
officer, agent or employee, a member of the armed forces of
the United States or the National Guard or a peace officer,
to the extent that the individual is authorized by the
government to sell, offer or expose for sale, use, purchase,
possess or control armor-piercing ammunition and, consistent
with the authorization, does so while acting within the scope
of the person's duties.
(3) The following shall be exempt from the prohibition
under subsection (a):
(i) The possession and control of armor-piercing
ammunition by a person who finds armor-piercing
ammunition, if the person is not prohibited from
possessing firearms or ammunition under Federal or State
law, and the person possesses or controls the armor-
piercing ammunition no longer than is necessary to
deliver or transport the same to a law enforcement agency
for the agency's disposition.
(ii) Any person or the person's representative or
agent who is legally engaged in the business of
manufacturing, repairing or dealing in armor-piercing
ammunition.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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