Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation is in direct response to the South Carolina Church shooting. It affects significant portions of the Mental Health Procedures Act as well as gun ownership through the Uniform Firearms Act (Title 18, Chapter 61).
There are many defects in the gun laws and the MHPA but the prime sponsor (Greenleaf) of this, as well as the timing, suggest that opportunism is more at work than genuine concern. Senator Greenleaf' reputation for anti-gun beliefs is well known and advancing that agenda would not be beyond his motivations here.
It is also important to note that this bill is 85 pages and would have had to have been prepared in advance so that it was ready to use when ANY tragedy took place!
We are paying close attention to this legislation for future action!
Title: Adding provisions relating to mental health procedures and the treatment of individuals with mental illness in the criminal justice system; making conforming amendments to Titles 18, 20, 23, 42 and 61; and repealing the Mental Health Procedures Act.
Subject:
Description: An Act amending Title 50 (Mental Health) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adding provisions relating to mental health procedures and the treatment of individuals with mental illness in the criminal justice system; making conforming amendments to Titles 18, 20, 23, 42 and 61; and repealing the Mental Health Procedures Act.
Session: 2015-2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Last Action Date: June 18, 2015
Link: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2015&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=750
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
8 sponsors: Stewart Greenleaf; Judy Schwank; John Rafferty; Randy Vulakovich; Rob Teplitz; Shirley Kitchen; Patrick Browne; Robert Mensch
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 18, 2015 | Referred to PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state bill text | bill text |
There have not been any votes on this bill