Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB1859: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in community and municipal courts, further providing for masters; adding provisions relating to extreme risk protection orders; imposing duties on the Office of Attorney General; and imposing penalties.
Status: Failed, September 30, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text, September 11, 2025:
PRINTER'S NO. 2302 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. Session of INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, SAPPEY, NEILSON, VENKAT, SAMUELSON, WEBSTER, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, KINKEAD, HANBIDGE, HOWARD, HILL- EVANS, CIRESI, BOROWSKI, GUENST, ISAACSON, DONAHUE, SCHLOSSBERG, BRENNAN, FRANKEL, HOHENSTEIN, KHAN, FIEDLER, FREEMAN, WARREN, DELLOSO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FLEMING, D. WILLIAMS, OTTEN, CERRATO, GREEN, CURRY AND WAXMAN, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in community and municipal courts, further providing for masters; adding provisions relating to extreme risk protection orders; imposing duties on the Office of Attorney General; and imposing penalties. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 6105(a)(2)(ii), (a.1)(3) and (5), (c)(10) and (f)(4)(i) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and subsections (a.1) and (c) are amended by adding paragraphs to read: § 6105. Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms. (a) Offense defined.-- * * * (2) * * * (ii) This paragraph shall not apply to any person whose disability is imposed pursuant to subsection (c)(6) …