Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Requiring a license to purchase a firearm and mandating training to acquire it.
Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for definitions, for the offense of persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for the offense of firearms not to be carried without a license and for licenses, providing for firearm eligibility license, for application for firearm eligibility license, for fee and qualification, for training course and investigations and for issuance and terms and further providing for sale or transfer of firearms, for Pennsylvania State Police, for proof of license and exception and for administrative regulations; and making editorial changes.
Subject:
Description: An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 23 (Domestic Relations) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for definitions, for the offense of persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, for the offense of firearms not to be carried without a license and for licenses, providing for firearm eligibility license, for application for firearm eligibility license, for fee and qualification, for training course and investigations and for issuance and terms and further providing for sale or transfer of firearms, for Pennsylvania State Police, for proof of license and exception and for administrative regulations; and making editorial changes.
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 9, 2026
Link: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb2126
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14 sponsors: Emily Kinkead (D); Carol Hill-Evans (D); Maureen Madden (D); Joseph Hohenstein (D); Ben Sanchez (D); Christopher Rabb (D); Tarik Khan (D); Peter Schweyer (D); Roni Green (D); Dan Frankel (D); Nikki Rivera (D); Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D); Benjamin Waxman (D); Melissa Shusterman (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 9, 2026 | Referred to Judiciary |
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 9, 2026 | state bill text | bill text |
There have not been any votes on this bill