SB 694 — 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 2025-04-28
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, April 28, 2025
Sponsors
- Michele Brooks (R, PA-50) — sponsor · 2025-04-28
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Greg Rothman (R, PA-34) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Wayne Langerholc (R, PA-35) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Camera Bartolotta (R, PA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Judy Ward (R, PA-30) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-04-28
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to JUDICIARY, April 28, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0704 · 1,668 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 704
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 694
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, PENNYCUICK, DUSH, ROTHMAN, LANGERHOLC,
BARTOLOTTA, HUTCHINSON, J. WARD AND STEFANO, 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, 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) introductory paragraph of
7 Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended
8 and the subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 6109. Licenses.
10 * * *
11 (h) Fee.--
12 (1) [In] Except as provided under paragraph (3.1), 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 * * *
17 (3.1) Fees provided for under paragraphs (1) and (3)
18 shall be waived for an applicant who is active duty or an
1 honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the
2 United States.
3 * * *
4 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 | Michele Brooks (R, state_upper PA-50) | 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 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Tracy Pennycuick (R, state_upper PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Wayne Langerholc (R, state_upper PA-35) | 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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