Pennsylvania HB 1099: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for the offense of undetectable firearms.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1213
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1099
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CEPHAS, KENYATTA, GIRAL, KINKEAD, VENKAT, WAXMAN,
BURGOS, HOHENSTEIN, FIEDLER, SANCHEZ, KHAN, HANBIDGE, GUENST,
WARREN, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MALAGARI,
DONAHUE, FREEMAN, WEBSTER, O'MARA, CERRATO, GREEN, BOROWSKI,
BRENNAN, ISAACSON AND FRANKEL, APRIL 1, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 1, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, providing for the offense of undetectable firearms.
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:
§ 6143. Undetectable firearms.
(a) Offense defined.--It shall be unlawful for a person to
manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer or
receive a firearm constructed entirely of a nonmetal substance,
or a firearm that does not include at least one major component
of a firearm constructed entirely of a metal substance,
including a barrel, slide, cylinder, frame or receiver, which
meets any of the following:
(1) After removal of all parts other than major
components, the firearm is not detectable as the security
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exemplar by walk-through metal detectors that are calibrated
and operated to detect the security exemplar.
(2) The firearm includes a major component of which,
when subject to inspection by the types of detection devices
commonly used at airports for security screening, does not
generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the
component.
(b) Grading.--An offense under this section constitutes a
felony of the third degree.
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Major component." With respect to a firearm, the term shall
include any of the following:
(1) The barrel.
(2) The slide or cylinder.
(3) The frame or receiver.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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