HB 706 — 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 2025-02-24
Latest action: — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 29, 2025
Sponsors
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — sponsor · 2025-02-24
- Donna Scheuren (R, PA-147) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Mike Jones (R, PA-93) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Chad G. Reichard (R, PA-90) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Michael Stender (R, PA-108) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, PA-51) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, PA-69) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Wendy Fink (R, PA-94) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Jamie Walsh (R, PA-117) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Clint Owlett (R, PA-68) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 24, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, Sept. 23, 2025
- · house — First consideration, Sept. 23, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, Sept. 23, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, Sept. 23, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, Sept. 29, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 29, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0725 · 2,085 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 725
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 706
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, SCHEUREN, HAMM, GREINER, BANTA,
M. JONES, SMITH, REICHARD, STENDER, STAATS, KAUFFMAN,
KENYATTA, KRUPA, ROWE AND METZGAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 24, 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(h)(1) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection
8 is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 6109. Licenses.
10 * * *
11 (h) Fee.--
12 (1) [In] Except as provided for in paragraph (8), in
13 addition to fees described in [paragraphs (2)(ii) and]
14 paragraph (3), the fee for a license to carry a firearm is
15 $19. This includes all of the following:
16 (i) A renewal notice processing fee of $1.50.
17 (ii) An administrative fee of $5 under section 14(2)
18 of the act of July 6, 1984 (P.L.614, No.127), known as
1 the Sheriff Fee Act.
2 * * *
3 (8) The governing authority of a county may, after
4 consultation with the sheriff or, in a city of the first
5 class, the chief of police, waive the fees provided for in
6 paragraphs (1) and (3) for an applicant who is an honorably
7 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States
8 or is 65 years of age or older.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Committees
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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 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, state_lower PA-69) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Chad G. Reichard (R, state_lower PA-90) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Charity GRIMM Krupa (R, state_lower PA-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Clint Owlett (R, state_lower PA-68) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Donna Scheuren (R, state_lower PA-147) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Keith J. Greiner (R, state_lower PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Michael Stender (R, state_lower PA-108) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mike Jones (R, state_lower PA-93) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Wendy Fink (R, state_lower PA-94) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
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
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg