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