Pennsylvania HB 202: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms and establishing the Pennsylvania Gun Buyback Program and the Pennsylvania Gun Buyback Program Fund.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 150
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 202
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, BURGOS, HILL-
EVANS AND CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, JANUARY 17, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JANUARY 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing
for organization of commission and for meetings of
commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 301(b) and 321(c) of Title 34 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 301. Organization of commission.
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(b) Qualifications.--The members of the commission shall be
appointed from the various geographical sections of this
Commonwealth so that one and only one shall be a resident of
each of the following districts:
(1) The counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence,
Venango, Butler, Warren, Forest and Clarion, constituting the
first district.
(2) The counties of Beaver, Allegheny, Washington,
Greene, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette,
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constituting the second district.
(3) The counties of McKean, Elk, Jefferson, Potter,
Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton and Centre, constituting the
third district.
(4) The counties of Cambria, Somerset, Blair, Bedford,
Huntingdon and Fulton, constituting the fourth district.
(5) The counties of Tioga, Lycoming, Union, Bradford,
Sullivan, Columbia, Montour and Northumberland, constituting
the fifth district.
(6) The counties of Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata, Franklin,
Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Dauphin, York, Lebanon and
Lancaster, constituting the sixth district.
(7) The counties of Susquehanna, Wyoming, Luzerne,
Lackawanna, Wayne [and Pike], Pike, Carbon and Monroe,
constituting the seventh district.
(8) The counties of Chester, Bucks, Montgomery,
Philadelphia and Delaware, constituting the eighth district.
(9) The counties of [Carbon, Monroe,] Schuylkill, Berks,
Northampton and Lehigh, constituting the ninth district.
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§ 321. Meetings of commission.
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(c) Quorum.--[Six] Five members appointed to the commission
and in attendance at each meeting shall constitute a quorum.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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