Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation seeks to increase penalties on Straw Purchases of firearms.
Title: In falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities; and, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for licenses and for sale or transfer of firearms.
Subject:
Description: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in falsification and intimidation, further providing for the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities; and, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for licenses and for sale or transfer of firearms.
Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: May 14, 2019
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15 sponsors: Joseph Hohenstein (D); Timothy Briggs (D); Thomas Caltagirone (D); Stephen Barrar (R); Margo Davidson (D); Austin Davis (D); Michael Driscoll (D); Movita Johnson-Harrell (D); Malcolm Kenyatta (D); Joanna McClinton (D); Jeanne McNeill (D); Michael Schlossberg (D); Peter Schweyer (D); Michael Zabel (D); Carolyn Comitta (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 14, 2019 | Referred to JUDICIARY |
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state bill text | bill text |
There have not been any votes on this bill