HB 1953 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.
Congress · introduced 2025-10-16
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Oct. 16, 2025
Sponsors
- Zachary Mako (R, PA-183) — sponsor · 2025-10-16
- Aaron Bernstine (R, PA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-10-16
- Michael Stender (R, PA-108) — cosponsor · 2025-10-16
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Oct. 16, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2461 · 1,620 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2461
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1953
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MAKO, BERNSTINE AND STENDER, OCTOBER 15, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 16, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
3 articles, further providing for licenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6109(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6109. Licenses.
9 * * *
10 (b) Place of application.--An individual who is 21 years of
11 age or older may apply to a sheriff for a license to carry a
12 firearm concealed on or about his person or in a vehicle within
13 this Commonwealth. If the applicant is a resident of this
14 Commonwealth, he shall make application with the [sheriff of the
15 county in which he resides] sheriff's office closest to the
16 applicant's principal residence where the individual lives for
17 the majority of the year and maintains as a permanent residence,
18 or, if a resident of a city of the first class, with the chief
19 of police of that city.
1 * * *
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Mako (R, state_lower PA-183) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Michael Stender (R, state_lower PA-108) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg