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PA HB586
PA HB586In firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for encoded ammunition, imposing duties on manufacturers, sellers and owners of ammunition, providing for the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police and the Secretary of Revenue, establishing the encoded ammunition database and the Encoded Ammunition Database Fund, imposing an encoded ammunition database tax and imposing penalties.
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Introduced
03/20/2023
03/20/2023
In Committee
03/20/2023
03/20/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2024
12/31/2024
Introduced Session
2023-2024 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for encoded ammunition, imposing duties on manufacturers, sellers and owners of ammunition, providing for the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police and the Secretary of Revenue, establishing the encoded ammunition database and the Encoded Ammunition Database Fund, imposing an encoded ammunition database tax and imposing penalties.
AI Summary
This bill amends Pennsylvania's Crimes and Offenses law to require ammunition manufacturers to encode each round of ammunition for regulated firearms with a unique serial number. It establishes an encoded ammunition database to be maintained by the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, and imposes duties on manufacturers, sellers, and owners to provide information for inclusion in the database. The bill also imposes an "encoded ammunition database tax" of five cents per round on the sale or use of encoded ammunition, with some exceptions, and establishes penalties for violations of the law. The bill aims to improve the ability to trace ammunition and ammunition-related crimes.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (15)
Stephen Kinsey (D)*,
Dan Frankel (D),
José Giral (D),
Roni Green (D),
Manny Guzman (D),
Carol Hill-Evans (D),
Joe Hohenstein (D),
Rick Krajewski (D),
Maureen Madden (D),
Napoleon Nelson (D),
Darisha Parker (D),
Chris Rabb (D),
Ben Sanchez (D),
Josh Siegel (D),
Dan Williams (D),
Last Action
Referred to JUDICIARY (on 03/20/2023)
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