Pennsylvania HB 1622: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in preliminary provisions, providing for study of school mental health professionals.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1956
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1622
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY WARREN, RABB, VENKAT, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, VITALI,
KHAN, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, SCHLOSSBERG, KINKEAD, BRENNAN,
HOHENSTEIN, FIEDLER, CIRESI, SHUSTERMAN, BOROWSKI, O'MARA,
FRANKEL, OTTEN, CERRATO AND MALAGARI, JUNE 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 17, 2025
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:
§ 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.--A person who fails to report the loss or theft
of a firearm under subsection (a) may be held civilly liable for
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any damages resulting from that crime if the failure to report
is a proximate cause of the commission of a crime in which the
firearm is later used.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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