PENNSYLVANIA, January 20 - PRINTER'S NO. 30

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

48

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, K. WARD, ARNOLD, BARTOLOTTA, BROOKS,

GORDNER, LANGERHOLC, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, REGAN AND

J. WARD, JANUARY 20, 2021

REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,

JANUARY 20, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 35 (Health and

Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in

firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for

prohibited conduct during emergency; and, in the Governor and

disaster emergencies, further providing for general authority

of Governor.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6107(a) and (b) of Title 18 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 6107. Prohibited conduct during emergency.

[(a) General rule.--No person shall carry a firearm upon the

public streets or upon any public property during an emergency

proclaimed by a State or municipal governmental executive unless

that person is:

(1) Actively engaged in a defense of that person's life

or property from peril or threat.

(2) Licensed to carry firearms under section 6109

(relating to licenses) or is exempt from licensing under

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