SB 244 — 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 2025-02-13
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 13, 2025
Sponsors
- Doug Mastriano (R, PA-33) — sponsor · 2025-02-13
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
- Greg Rothman (R, PA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, PA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
- Camera Bartolotta (R, PA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-02-13
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 13, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0197 · 1,880 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 197
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 244
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, PENNYCUICK, ROTHMAN, HUTCHINSON,
J. WARD, STEFANO, PHILLIPS-HILL AND DUSH, FEBRUARY 13, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 13, 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(l)(2) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6109. Licenses.
9 * * *
10 (l) Firearms License Validation System.--
11 * * *
12 (2) (i) Notwithstanding any other law regarding the
13 confidentiality of information and subject to the
14 provisions of subparagraph (ii), inquiries to the
15 Firearms License Validation System regarding the validity
16 of any Pennsylvania license to carry a firearm may only
17 be made by law enforcement personnel acting within the
18 scope of their official duties.
1 (ii) Information from the Firearms License
2 Validation System may not be provided to law enforcement
3 personnel in a state that has not entered into a
4 reciprocity agreement with the Commonwealth under
5 subsection (k).
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate 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 | Doug Mastriano (R, state_upper PA-33) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Camera Bartolotta (R, state_upper PA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Greg Rothman (R, state_upper PA-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Judy Ward (R, state_upper PA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, state_upper PA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | 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 Senate Judiciary Committee · pa-leg