Bill Text: PA SB232 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for registration of firearms; and providing for mandatory registration of firearms in cities of the first class and for transfer of firearms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Referred to JUDICIARY [SB232 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB232-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 202
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 232 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON, KITCHEN, WILLIAMS AND FARNESE, JANUARY 24, 2011
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 24, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for registration of firearms; and
providing for mandatory registration of firearms in cities of
the first class and for transfer of firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6111.4 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 6111.4. Registration of firearms.
[Notwithstanding any section of this chapter to the
contrary,] Except as provided in section 6111.6 (relating to
mandatory registration of firearms in cities of the first
class), nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow any
government or law enforcement agency or any agent thereof to
create, maintain or operate any registry of firearm ownership
within this Commonwealth. For the purposes of this section only,
the term "firearm" shall include any weapon that is designed to
or may readily be converted to expel any projectile by the
action of an explosive or the frame or receiver of any such
weapon.
Section 2. Title 18 is amended by adding sections to read:
§ 6111.6. Mandatory registration of firearms in cities of the
first class.
(a) Registration.--Every person who is a resident of a city
of the first class and acquires a firearm shall register the
firearm with the Pennsylvania State Police in the manner
prescribed by this section within five days of acquisition.
(b) Contents of registration form.--The registration shall
be on a uniform form prescribed by the Attorney General and
shall include the following information:
(1) Name and permanent address of the owner.
(2) Name of the manufacturer and importer.
(3) Model.
(4) Type of action.
(5) Caliber or gauge.
(6) Serial number.
(7) Source from which the acquisition occurred,
including the name and address of the prior registrant.
(8) If the firearm has no serial number, the permit
number shall be entered in the space provided for the serial
number, and the permit number shall be engraved on the
receiver portion of the firearm prior to registration.
(c) Confidentiality of information.--Registration data that
would identify the individual registering the firearm by name or
address shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to
anyone, except as may be required for processing the
registration or as may be required by a law enforcement agency
for the lawful performance of its duties or as may be required
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by order of a court.
(d) Exemptions.--Registration shall not be required for:
(1) Any firearm manufactured on or before 1898.
(2) Any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock or
percussion cap type of ignition system.
(3) Any replica of any firearm described in paragraph
(1) if the replica either:
(i) is not designed or redesigned to use rimfire or
conventional center fire fixed ammunition; or
(ii) uses rimfire or conventional center fire fixed
ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United
States and which is not readily available in the ordinary
channels of commercial trade.
(e) Registration fee.--No fee shall be charged for the
registration.
(f) Penalty.--A resident of a city of the first class who
fails to register a firearm as required under this section
commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.
§ 6111.7. Transfer of firearms.
(a) Duty of transferor.--In all cases where a firearm is
acquired from another person within this Commonwealth, other
than a transfer that occurs under section 6111 (relating to sale
or transfer of firearms), the person who transfers title to the
firearm shall submit to the Pennsylvania State Police, within 48
hours after transferring the firearm, the following information
in writing:
(1) Name and permanent address of the person who
transferred the firearm.
(2) Name and permanent address of the person to whom the
title to the firearm was transferred.
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(3) Names of the manufacturer and importer.
(4) Model.
(5) Type of action.
(6) Caliber or gauge.
(7) Serial number as applicable.
(b) Duty of transferee.--Any person who acquires a firearm
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to section 6111.6
(relating to mandatory registration of firearms in cities of the
first class).
(c) Penalty.--Any person who fails to comply with this
section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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