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HB706 • 2025

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.

Firearms
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
ZIMMERMAN
Last action
2025-09-29
Official status
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 29, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-29 H

    Second consideration, Sept. 29, 2025

  2. 2025-09-29 APPROPRIATIONS

    Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 29, 2025

  3. 2025-09-23 JUDICIARY

    Reported as committed, Sept. 23, 2025

  4. 2025-09-23 H

    First consideration, Sept. 23, 2025

  5. 2025-09-23 H

    Laid on the table, Sept. 23, 2025

  6. 2025-09-23 H

    Removed from table, Sept. 23, 2025

  7. 2025-02-24 JUDICIARY

    Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 24, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for licenses.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 725
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 706
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, SCHEUREN, HAMM, GREINER, BANTA,
M. JONES, SMITH, REICHARD, STENDER, STAATS, KAUFFMAN,
KENYATTA, KRUPA, ROWE AND METZGAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6109(h)(1) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection
is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 6109. Licenses.
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(h) Fee.--
(1) [In] Except as provided for in paragraph (8), in
addition to fees described in [paragraphs (2)(ii) and]
paragraph (3), the fee for a license to carry a firearm is
$19. This includes all of the following:
(i) A renewal notice processing fee of $1.50.
(ii) An administrative fee of $5 under section 14(2)
of the act of July 6, 1984 (P.L.614, No.127), known as
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the Sheriff Fee Act.
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(8) The governing authority of a county may, after
consultation with the sheriff or, in a city of the first
class, the chief of police, waive the fees provided for in
paragraphs (1) and (3) for an applicant who is an honorably
discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States
or is 65 years of age or older.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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