PRINTER'S NO. 3744
No. 2702 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY C. WILLIAMS, CARN, ROONEY, M. COHEN, BEBKO-JONES, CORPORA, EVANS, JAMES, JOSEPHS, MANDERINO, MICHLOVIC, MYERS, RAMOS, ROBINSON, ROEBUCK, SANTONI, YOUNGBLOOD, CALTAGIRONE, BUTKOVITZ, CURRY, CORRIGAN, COWELL, BARD, RUBLEY, LAWLESS, PISTELLA, BISHOP, STETLER, KENNEY, J. TAYLOR, VITALI, LEDERER, KIRKLAND, KELLER AND BUXTON, JUNE 10, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 10, 1998
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for firearm tracing. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 7 § 6127. Firearm tracing. 8 (a) Illegal possession.--Upon recovering a firearm from the 9 possession of anyone under 21 years of age who is not permitted 10 by Federal or State law to possess a firearm, a local law 11 enforcement agency shall use the best available information, 12 including a firearms trace where necessary, to determine how and 13 from where the person under 21 years of age gained possession of 14 the firearm. 15 (b) Tracing.--Local law enforcement shall use the National 16 Tracing Center of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
1 Firearms in complying with subsection (a). 2 (c) Notification.--Local law enforcement agencies shall 3 advise the Pennsylvania State Police of all firearms that are 4 recovered in accordance with this section. 5 (d) Registry.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall maintain 6 a registry of all information reported in accordance with this 7 section. 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. D29L18JS/19980H2702B3744 - 2 -