SB 47 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for the offense of sale or transfer of firearms.

Congress · introduced 2025-01-22

Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 22, 2025

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2025-01-22 · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, Jan. 22, 2025

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PRINTER'S NO.   20

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          SENATE BILL
                          No. 47
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, KEARNEY, COMITTA, STREET, HAYWOOD, COSTA,
        KANE AND TARTAGLIONE, JANUARY 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 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 the offense of sale or
 4      transfer of firearms.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.      Section 6111(g)(5) and (6) of Title 18 of the
 8   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
 9   § 6111.    Sale or transfer of firearms.
10      * * *
11      (g)    Penalties.--
12             * * *
13             (5)   Notwithstanding section 306 (relating to liability
14      for conduct of another; complicity) or any other statute to
15      the contrary, any person, licensed importer, licensed dealer
16      or licensed manufacturer who knowingly and intentionally
17      sells, delivers or transfers a firearm in violation of this
18      chapter [who has reason to believe that the firearm is
19      intended to be used in the commission of a crime or attempt
 1    to commit a crime shall be criminally liable for such crime
 2    or attempted crime] shall be criminally liable for any crime
 3    or attempted crime in which the firearm is used.
 4        (6)   Notwithstanding any act or statute to the contrary,
 5    any person, licensed importer, licensed manufacturer or
 6    licensed dealer who knowingly and intentionally sells or
 7    delivers a firearm in violation of this chapter [who has
 8    reason to believe that the firearm is intended to be used in
 9    the commission of a crime or attempt to commit a crime] shall
10    be liable in the amount of the civil judgment for injuries
11    suffered by any person [so injured by such crime or attempted
12    crime] who is injured during any crime or attempted crime in
13    which the firearm is used.
14    * * *
15    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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date	type	to	amount	role	source
—	referred_to_committee	Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee	—		pa-leg

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Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee

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	Voted	Score
1	Vincent J. Hughes (D, state_upper PA-7)	sponsor	—	5
2	Art L Haywood (D, state_upper PA-4)	cosponsor	—	1
3	Carolyn T. Comitta (D, state_upper PA-19)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Christine M. Tartaglione (D, state_upper PA-2)	cosponsor	—	1
5	Jay Costa (D, state_upper PA-43)	cosponsor	—	1
6	John I. Kane (D, state_upper PA-9)	cosponsor	—	1
7	Judith L. Schwank (D, state_upper PA-11)	cosponsor	—	1
8	Katie J. Muth (D, state_upper PA-44)	cosponsor	—	1
9	Sharif Street (D, state_upper PA-3)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Steven J. Santarsiero (D, state_upper PA-10)	cosponsor	—	1
11	Timothy P. Kearney (D, state_upper PA-26)	cosponsor	—	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

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