HB 1866 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.

PRINTER'S NO.     2315

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1866
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY STEELE, SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, WAXMAN, HILL-
        EVANS, VITALI, VENKAT, DOUGHERTY, HOHENSTEIN, FREEMAN, KHAN,
        SCHLOSSBERG, BURGOS, GUENST, RIVERA, K.HARRIS, BOROWSKI,
        FRANKEL, SHUSTERMAN, DONAHUE, GREEN, SCOTT AND KINKEAD,
        SEPTEMBER 16, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing
 3      for prohibited offensive weapons.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 908(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 908.   Prohibited offensive weapons.
 9      * * *
10      (c)   Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
11   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
12   subsection:
13      "Firearm."    Any weapon which is designed to or may readily be
14   converted to expel any projectile by the action of an explosive
15   or the frame or receiver of any such weapon.
16      "Machinegun."    As defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) (relating to
17   definitions).
 1      "Machinegun conversion device."        A part or combination of
 2   parts designed and intended to accelerate the rate of fire of a
 3   semiautomatic firearm to simulate the rate of fire of a
 4   machinegun.
 5      "Offensive weapons."       Any bomb, grenade, [machine gun,]
 6   machinegun, machinegun conversion device, sawed-off shotgun with
 7   a barrel less than 18 inches, firearm specially made or
 8   specially adapted for concealment or silent discharge, any
 9   blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles, any stun gun, stun baton,
10   taser or other electronic or electric weapon or other implement
11   for the infliction of serious bodily injury which serves no
12   common lawful purpose.
13      * * *
14      Section 2.    Within 10 days of the effective date of this
15   section, the Attorney General shall transmit notice describing
16   in detail the contents of this act to the Legislative Reference
17   Bureau for publication in the next available issue of the
18   Pennsylvania Bulletin.
19      Section 3.    This act shall take effect as follows:
20          (1)    The following shall take effect immediately:
21                 Section 2 of this act.
22                 This section.
23          (2)    The remainder of this act shall take effect 30 days
24      after the publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the
25      notice under section 2 of this act.




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