PENNSYLVANIA, April 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 646

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

598

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY COLLETT, COMITTA, KEARNEY, HUGHES, TARTAGLIONE,

SANTARSIERO, COSTA, STREET, KANE, MUTH, FONTANA AND HAYWOOD,

APRIL 21, 2021

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 21, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities)

of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and

other dangerous articles, further providing for limitation on

the regulation of firearms and ammunition; and, in home rule

and optional plan government, further providing for

limitation on municipal powers.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6120(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by

adding a subsection to read:

§ 6120. Limitation on the regulation of firearms and

ammunition.

(a) General rule.--[No county, municipality or township]

Except as provided in subsection (a.4), no political subdivision

may in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession,

transfer or transportation of firearms, ammunition or ammunition

components when carried or transported for purposes not

prohibited by the laws of this Commonwealth.

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