HB 483 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-04
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 4, 2025
Sponsors
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — sponsor · 2025-02-04
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Ryan Warner (R, PA-52) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Brad Roae (R, PA-6) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Jill N. Cooper (R, PA-55) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Mandy Steele (D, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 4, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0466 · 2,283 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 466
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 483
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, HAMM, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, PICKETT, GROVE,
ROWE, ZIMMERMAN AND GILLEN, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 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 sale or transfer of firearms.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6111(i) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
9 * * *
10 (i) Confidentiality.--All information provided by the
11 potential purchaser, transferee or applicant, including, but not
12 limited to, the potential purchaser, transferee or applicant's
13 name or identity, furnished by a potential purchaser or
14 transferee under this section or any applicant for a license to
15 carry a firearm as provided by section 6109 shall be
16 confidential and not subject to [public] disclosure[.] to an
17 individual or entity, unless the potential purchaser, transferee
18 or applicant is subject to criminal prosecution under subsection
1 (g) or a similar offense under Federal law and the information
2 provided by the potential purchaser, transferee or applicant may
3 be used as evidence in the criminal prosecution. In addition to
4 any other sanction or penalty imposed by this chapter, any
5 person, licensed dealer, State or local governmental agency or
6 department that violates this subsection shall be liable in
7 civil damages in the amount of $1,000 per occurrence or three
8 times the actual damages incurred as a result of the violation,
9 whichever is greater, as well as reasonable attorney fees.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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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 | Perry A. Stambaugh (R, state_lower PA-86) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brad Roae (R, state_lower PA-6) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jill N. Cooper (R, state_lower PA-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mandy Steele (D, state_lower PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Ryan Warner (R, state_lower PA-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | 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