PENNSYLVANIA, April 8 - PRINTER'S NO. 524

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

497

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY SABATINA AND TARTAGLIONE, APRIL 8, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 8, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous

articles, further providing for the offense of carrying

firearms on public streets or public property in

Philadelphia.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6108 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 6108. Carrying firearms on public streets or public property

in Philadelphia.

(a) General rule.--No person shall carry a firearm[, rifle

or shotgun] at any time upon the public streets or upon any

public property in a city of the first class unless:

(1) [such] the person is licensed to carry a firearm; or

(2) [such] the person is exempt from licensing under

section 6106(b) of this title (relating to firearms not to be

carried without a license).

(b) Mandatory sentence.--

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the

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