SB 47

                                                     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
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2    Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
3    articles, further providing for the offense of sale or
4    transfer of firearms.
5    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7    Section 1.      Section 6111(g)(5) and (6) of Title 18 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 6111.    Sale or transfer of firearms.
10    * * *
11    (g)    Penalties.--
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13(5)   Notwithstanding section 306 (relating to liability
14    for conduct of another; complicity) or any other statute to
15    the contrary, any person, licensed importer, licensed dealer
16    or licensed manufacturer who knowingly and intentionally
17    sells, delivers or transfers a firearm in violation of this
18    chapter [who has reason to believe that the firearm is
19    intended to be used in the commission of a crime or attempt
1  to commit a crime shall be criminally liable for such crime
2  or attempted crime] shall be criminally liable for any crime
3  or attempted crime in which the firearm is used.
4      (6)   Notwithstanding any act or statute to the contrary,
5  any person, licensed importer, licensed manufacturer or
6  licensed dealer who knowingly and intentionally sells or
7  delivers a firearm in violation of this chapter [who has
8  reason to believe that the firearm is intended to be used in
9  the commission of a crime or attempt to commit a crime] shall
10  be liable in the amount of the civil judgment for injuries
11  suffered by any person [so injured by such crime or attempted
12  crime] who is injured during any crime or attempted crime in
13  which the firearm is used.
14  * * *
15  Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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