PENNSYLVANIA, January 22 - PRINTER'S NO. 62

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

88

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, SANTARSIERO, FONTANA, KEARNEY,

TARTAGLIONE, BLAKE, COLLETT, SCHWANK AND COSTA,

JANUARY 22, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous

articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6111(f)(1) and (2) of Title 18 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.

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(f) Application of section.--

(1) For the purposes of this section only, [except as

provided by paragraph (2),] "firearm" shall mean any weapon

which is designed to or may readily be converted to expel any

projectile by the action of an explosive or the frame or

receiver of any such weapon.

[(2) The provisions contained in subsections (a) and (c)

shall only apply to pistols or revolvers with a barrel length

of less than 15 inches, any shotgun with a barrel length of

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