HB 1622 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for civil liability of firearm owner for loss or theft.

PRINTER'S NO.    1956

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1622
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY WARREN, RABB, VENKAT, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, VITALI,
        KHAN, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, SCHLOSSBERG, KINKEAD, BRENNAN,
        HOHENSTEIN, FIEDLER, CIRESI, SHUSTERMAN, BOROWSKI, O'MARA,
        FRANKEL, OTTEN, CERRATO AND MALAGARI, JUNE 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 17, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
 3      articles, providing for civil liability of firearm owner for
 4      loss or theft.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 8   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 9   § 6115.1.   Civil liability of firearm owner for loss or theft.
10      (a)   Duty to report.--An owner or other person lawfully in
11   possession of a firearm who suffers the loss or theft of a
12   firearm shall, within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or
13   theft, report the loss or theft, including the facts and
14   circumstances of the loss or theft, to the municipal police of
15   the jurisdiction in which the loss or theft is believed to have
16   occurred or to the Pennsylvania State Police.
17      (b)   Penalty.--A person who fails to report the loss or theft
18   of a firearm under subsection (a) may be held civilly liable for
1   any damages resulting from that crime if the failure to report
2   is a proximate cause of the commission of a crime in which the
3   firearm is later used.
4      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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