Pennsylvania SB 669: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for definitions, for the offense of persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for sale or transfer of firearms, for Pennsylvania State Police, for firearm sales surcharge, for Firearm Records Check Fund, for retail dealer required to be licensed and for licensing of dealers and providing for ammunition purchase authorization permits and for transporting ammunition into this Commonwealth; establishing the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Fund; and making editorial changes.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1276
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 669
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HAYWOOD, KANE, COMITTA, KEARNEY, TARTAGLIONE,
COSTA, SAVAL AND KIM, OCTOBER 24, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 24, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic
Relations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other
dangerous articles, further providing for definitions, for
the offense of persons not to possess, use, manufacture,
control, sell or transfer firearms, for sale or transfer of
firearms, for Pennsylvania State Police, for firearm sales
surcharge, for Firearm Records Check Fund, for retail dealer
required to be licensed and for licensing of dealers and
providing for ammunition purchase authorization permits and
for transporting ammunition into this Commonwealth;
establishing the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Fund; and
making editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 908.1(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 908.1. Use or possession of electric or electronic
incapacitation device.
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(c) Prohibited possession.--No person prohibited from
possessing a firearm pursuant to section 6105 (relating to
persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or
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transfer firearms and ammunition) may possess or use an electric
or electronic incapacitation device.
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Section 2. Section 6102 of Title 18 is amended by adding
definitions to read:
§ 6102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this subchapter which are applicable to specific
provisions of this subchapter, the following words and phrases,
when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this
section:
"Ammunition." A loaded cartridge with one or more
projectiles that consists of a primed case and propellant. The
term does not include blanks.
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"Gun range or target facility." Any of the following:
(1) An enclosed or open-air firing range or area
designed and operated for the use of rifle or handgun
practice with targets.
(2) A facility that permits the rental of firearms for
use on the facility's property and is authorized to operate
in such a manner by the governing body of the jurisdiction
where the facility is located.
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"Other weapon." Anything readily capable of lethal use and
possessed under circumstances not manifestly lawful. The term
does not include a firearm.
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Section 3. Sections 6103, 6104, 6105 heading, (a), (c), (d),
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(f)(1) and (h), 6105.1(a)(1), 6105.2(a)(1), 6109(d)(4) and (5)
and (m.1)(1)(ii) and 6110.2(c) of Title 18 are amended to read:
§ 6103. Crimes committed with firearms.
If any person commits or attempts to commit a crime
enumerated in section 6105 (relating to persons not to possess,
use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and
ammunition) when armed with a firearm contrary to the provisions
of this subchapter, that person may, in addition to the
punishment provided for the crime, also be punished as provided
by this subchapter.
§ 6104. Evidence of intent.
In the trial of a person for committing or attempting to
commit a crime enumerated in section 6105 (relating to persons
not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer
firearms and ammunition), the fact that that person was armed
with a firearm, used or attempted to be used, and had no license
to carry the same, shall be evidence of that person's intention
to commit the offense.
§ 6105. Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell
or transfer firearms and ammunition.
(a) Offense defined.--
(1) A person who has been convicted of an offense
enumerated in subsection (b), within or without this
Commonwealth, regardless of the length of sentence or whose
conduct meets the criteria in subsection (c) shall not
possess, use, control, sell, transfer or manufacture or
obtain a license to possess, use, control, sell, transfer or
manufacture a firearm or ammunition in this Commonwealth.
(2) (i) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph,
a person who is prohibited from possessing, using,
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controlling, selling, transferring or manufacturing a
firearm or ammunition under paragraph (1) or subsection
(b) or (c) shall have a reasonable period of time, not to
exceed 60 days from the date of the imposition of the
disability under this subsection, in which to sell or
transfer that person's firearms or ammunition to another
eligible person who is not a member of the prohibited
person's household.
(ii) This paragraph shall not apply to any per