Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Prohibiting certain persons from possessing ammunition. This will lead to background checks to purchase ammunition.
Title: 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.
Subject:
Description: 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.
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: October 24, 2025
Link: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb669
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8 sponsors: Arthur Haywood (D); John Kane (D); Carolyn Comitta (D); Timothy Kearney (D); Christine Tartaglione (D); Jay Costa (D); Nikil Saval (D); Patty Kim (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Oct 24, 2025 | Referred to Judiciary |
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 24, 2025 | state bill text | bill text |
There have not been any votes on this bill