SB668 • 2025

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.

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Sponsor: KANE
Last action: 2025-04-28
Official status: Referred to JUDICIARY, April 28, 2025
Effective date: Not listed

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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.

What This Bill Does

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.

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Bill History

2025-04-28 JUDICIARY
Referred to JUDICIARY, April 28, 2025

Official Summary Text

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.

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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
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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 6129. Identification required for purchase of firearm
ammunition.
(a) Identification.--Except as provided under subsection
(b), a person may not sell or deliver firearm ammunition to a
purchaser or transferee unless the purchaser or transferee
presents an official form of photographic identification,
including, but not limited to, a driver's license, official
Pennsylvania photo identification card or official government
photo identification card.
(b) Exception.--An individual who is a member of a
recognized religious sect or community whose tenets forbid or
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discourage the taking of photographs of members of that sect or
community may present a valid-without-photo driver's license or
a combination of documents, as prescribed by the Pennsylvania
State Police, containing the individual's name, address, date of
birth and signature.
(c) Penalties.--A person that violates this section shall be
subject to a fine of:
(1) $1,000 for a first offense.
(2) $2,000 for a second offense.
(3) $3,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
(d) Prohibition on ammunition sales.--A person that violates
this section shall be prohibited from selling ammunition for 30
days following a third or subsequent offense.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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