HB 1604 — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, providing for mandatory firearms training for certain officers.

PRINTER'S NO.   1920

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 1604
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY DELLOSO, CARROLL, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, NEILSON,
        D. WILLIAMS, O'MARA, STEELE AND CURRY, JUNE 13, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 16, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in employees, providing for mandatory
 3      firearms training for certain officers.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 7   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 8   § 2173.    Mandatory firearms training for certain officers.
 9      (a)    Requirement.--An officer shall attend and complete
10   mandatory in-service firearms training courses conducted by a
11   certified law enforcement firearms instructor at least four
12   times each year.
13      (b)    Documentation.--
14             (1)   A certified law enforcement firearms instructor and
15      a law enforcement agency's chief officer must produce and
16      maintain a record of any in-service firearms training courses
17      an officer completes, including the number of rounds fired,
18      the officer's scores and the firearms used in training.
 1            (2)   The record shall be documented in the commission's
 2      training and certification system within 30 days of the end
 3      of each calendar year, including an officer's primary duty
 4      weapon qualification to maintain certification as an officer.
 5      (c)   Penalty.--An officer who fails to complete the training
 6   required under this section shall be placed by the law
 7   enforcement agency on administrative leave until the training is
 8   completed.
 9      (d)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
10   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
11   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
12      "Certified law enforcement firearms instructor."    A firearms
13   instructor authorized by the commission to conduct firearms
14   training to a police officer within this Commonwealth.
15      "Law enforcement agency."    A public agency of a municipality
16   or county having general police powers and charged with making
17   arrests in connection with the enforcement of criminal or
18   traffic laws.
19      "Officer."    A police officer employed by a law enforcement
20   agency in a county of the second class A with a population
21   between 565,000 and 600,000 according to the 2020 Federal
22   decennial census.
23      Section 2.    This act shall take effect immediately.




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