SB 668 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for identification required for purchase of firearm ammunition; and imposing penalties.

PRINTER'S NO.   681

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 668
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY KANE, HAYWOOD, SAVAL, COMITTA, STREET, KEARNEY,
        SCHWANK, COLLETT, TARTAGLIONE AND SANTARSIERO, APRIL 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 28, 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 identification required for purchase
 4      of firearm ammunition; and imposing penalties.
 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   § 6129.   Identification required for purchase of firearm
10                ammunition.
11      (a)    Identification.--Except as provided under subsection
12   (b), a person may not sell or deliver firearm ammunition to a
13   purchaser or transferee unless the purchaser or transferee
14   presents an official form of photographic identification,
15   including, but not limited to, a driver's license, official
16   Pennsylvania photo identification card or official government
17   photo identification card.
18      (b)    Exception.--An individual who is a member of a
19   recognized religious sect or community whose tenets forbid or
 1   discourage the taking of photographs of members of that sect or
 2   community may present a valid-without-photo driver's license or
 3   a combination of documents, as prescribed by the Pennsylvania
 4   State Police, containing the individual's name, address, date of
 5   birth and signature.
 6      (c)   Penalties.--A person that violates this section shall be
 7   subject to a fine of:
 8            (1)   $1,000 for a first offense.
 9            (2)   $2,000 for a second offense.
10            (3)   $3,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
11      (d)   Prohibition on ammunition sales.--A person that violates
12   this section shall be prohibited from selling ammunition for 30
13   days following a third or subsequent offense.
14      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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