An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) 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 providing for relinquishment of firearms and firearm licenses by convicted persons and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in criminal history record information, further providing for order for limited access; and, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions, for commencement of proceedings, for hearings, for relief, for return of relinquished firearms, other weapons and ammunition and additional relief, for relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping and for relinquishment to third party for safekeeping.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 28, 2017
Last action Mar 26, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2018
How they voted
25–0
Passed
Total votes 25
Mar 21, 2018
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 26, 2018
Committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
Mar 21, 2018
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Mar 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Mar 20, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Mar 19, 2018
Upper · Passed
PN 1551 Reported as amended
upper
Mar 28, 2017
Committee
PN 0604 Referred to JUDICIARY
upper
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Thomas H. Killion
RRepublican
Co
Andrew E. Dinniman
DDemocratic
Co
Art Haywood
DDemocratic
Co
Daylin Leach
DDemocratic
Co
John P. Blake
DDemocratic
Co
John P. Sabatina
DDemocratic
Co
Judy Schwank
DDemocratic
Co
Lawrence M. Farnese
DDemocratic
Co
Mario M. Scavello
RRepublican
Co
Robert M. Tomlinson
RRepublican
Co
Sharif Street
DDemocratic
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