Pennsylvania HB 837: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in school health services, providing for parent educational information regarding eating disorders.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 867
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 837
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, HILL-EVANS, KINKEAD, SANCHEZ,
HANBIDGE, PIELLI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SCHLOSSBERG, KHAN, DALEY,
DONAHUE, KENYATTA, BOYD AND CURRY, MARCH 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, providing for limit on handgun purchases; and
establishing the Violence Prevention Account.
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:
§ 6111.6. Limit on handgun purchases.
(a) Purchase of handgun.--No person may purchase more than
one handgun in this Commonwealth within a 30-day period.
(b) Sale of handgun.--No person may sell or cause to be sold
to a person in this Commonwealth more than one handgun within a
30-day period.
(c) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply to the
following:
(1) A licensed firearm dealer.
(2) A licensed firearm collector.
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(3) A law enforcement agency or an agency authorized to
perform law enforcement duties.
(4) State and local correctional facilities.
(5) A private security company licensed to do business
within this Commonwealth.
(6) The purchase or sale of antique firearms.
(7) A person whose handgun is stolen or irretrievably
lost if:
(i) the person provides the seller with an official
copy of the police report of the lost or stolen handgun,
or a summary of the report on a form provided by the
Pennsylvania State Police;
(ii) the police report or summary contains the name
and address of the handgun owner, the description of the
handgun, the location of the loss or theft, the date of
the loss or theft and the date the loss or theft was
reported to the law enforcement agency;
(iii) the date of the loss or theft as reflected on
the police report or summary occurred within 30 days of
the person's attempt to replace the handgun; and
(iv) the seller attaches an official copy of the
police report or summary of the report to the original
sales receipt or other document evidencing the original
sale and retains the sales receipt or other document for
the period prescribed by regulation of the Pennsylvania
State Police.
(d) Grading.--
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person that
is convicted of violating subsection (a) or (b) commits a
misdemeanor of the third degree.
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(2) A person that, after being sentenced under paragraph
(1), is convicted of violating subsection (a) or (b) commits
a felony of the third degree.
(e) Disposition of fines collected.--A court imposing and
collecting a fine for a violation of subsection (a) or (b) shall
transfer the fines collected to the State Treasurer for deposit
into the account.
(f) Violence Prevention Account.--The Violence Prevention
Account is established within the General Fund as a nonlapsing,
restricted receipt account. Money in the account is appropriated
on a continuing basis to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime
and Delinquency exclusively for purposes of violence prevention,
including youth education and activities designed to prevent
violence and grants to law enforcement agencies for equipment
and training designed to prevent gun-related injuries.
(g) Notice.--A seller shall notify each prospective
purchaser that the purchase of more than one handgun in a 30-day
period is prohibited under this section and of the applicable
penalties.
(h) Handgun purchase history check.--In addition to any
other duty prescribed by this section, a seller of a handgun
shall request the Pennsylvania State Police to conduct a handgun
purchase history check to investigate whether the prospective
handgun purchaser is in compliance with this section. A handgun
purchase history check shall be conducted in accordance with the
procedures governing other background checks under this
subchapter. A handgun purchase history check shall be conducted
at the same time any criminal history, juvenile delinquency or
mental health records check is required for a firearm purchase
under this subchapter. Information related to a handgun purchase
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provided to the Pennsylvania State Police by a seller may be
retained by the Pennsylvania State Police as necessary to
monitor compliance with this section.
(i) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the content clearly indicates otherwise:
"Account." The Violence Prevention Account established under
subsection (f).
"Handgun." Either of the following:
(1) A firearm that has a short stock and is designed to
be