SB 348 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for report of theft or loss of firearm; and imposing a penalty.

PRINTER'S NO.   285

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          SENATE BILL
                          No. 348
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, KEARNEY, COLLETT, COMITTA, FONTANA,
        STREET, BOSCOLA, HUGHES, HAYWOOD, SCHWANK, COSTA, KANE, KIM
        AND MILLER, FEBRUARY 26, 2025

     REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
 3      articles, providing for report of theft or loss of firearm;
 4      and imposing a penalty.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.      Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 8   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 9   § 6115.1.      Report of theft or loss of firearm.
10      (a)   Duty to report.--An owner or other person lawfully in
11   possession of a firearm who suffers the loss or theft of a
12   firearm shall within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or
13   theft report the facts and circumstances of the loss or theft to
14   the police department having jurisdiction where the loss or
15   theft occurred. The person making the report shall provide the
16   following information:
17            (1)    Name and permanent address of the owner.
18            (2)    Name of the manufacturer and importer, if
 1      applicable.
 2            (3)   Model.
 3            (4)   Type of action.
 4            (5)   Caliber or gauge.
 5            (6)   Serial number.
 6            (7)   Any other information deemed necessary by the law
 7      enforcement officer or police department receiving the
 8      report.
 9      (b)   Sharing of information.--When a person reports the loss
10   or theft of a firearm to a police department, the officer or
11   department receiving the report shall forward notice of the loss
12   or theft with the information obtained under subsection (a) to
13   the Pennsylvania State Police.
14      (c)   Pennsylvania State Police.--The Pennsylvania State
15   Police shall receive, collect and file the information forwarded
16   under subsection (a). The Pennsylvania State Police shall
17   cooperate with and undertake to furnish or make the information
18   available to all law enforcement agencies in this Commonwealth
19   for the purpose of coordinating law enforcement efforts to
20   locate the firearms.
21      (d)   Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
22   summary offense punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
23      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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