House Bill 979
2021-2022 Regular Session
An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for limitation on the regulation of firearms and ammunition; and, in preemptions, providing for regulation of firearms and ammunition.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor
Representative Matthew Dowling
R House District 51
Co-Sponsors
Rep. Daryl Metcalfe
R House District 12
Rep. Keith Greiner
R House District 43
Rep. Johnathan Hershey
R House District 82
Rep. Francis Ryan
R House District 101
Rep. Rob Kauffman
R House District 89
Rep. Torren Ecker
R House District 193
Rep. Russ Diamond
R House District 102
Rep. George Dunbar
R House District 56
Rep. Greg Rothman
R House District 87
Rep. Dawn Keefer
R House District 92
Rep. Stan Saylor
R House District 94
Rep. David Rowe
R House District 85
Rep. Barry Jozwiak
R House District 5
Rep. Donna Oberlander
R House District 63
Rep. Rich Irvin
R House District 81
Rep. Aaron Bernstine
R House District 10
Rep. R. Lee James
R House District 64
Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver
R House District 108
Rep. Dan Moul
R House District 91
Rep. Timothy J. O'Neal
R House District 48
Rep. Jerry Knowles
R House District 124
Rep. Bud Cook
R House District 49
Rep. Mindy Fee
R House District 37
Rep. Stephanie Borowicz
R House District 76
Rep. Jeff Wheeland
R House District 83
Rep. Jim Cox
R House District 129
Rep. Marci Mustello
R House District 11
Rep. James Struzzi
R House District 62
Rep. Brian Smith
R House District 66
Rep. Paul Schemel
R House District 90
Rep. Joe Hamm
R House District 84
Rep. Mike Jones
R House District 93
Rep. Susan Helm
R House District 104
Rep. Brett Miller
R House District 41
Rep. Michael Puskaric
R House District 39
Rep. David Hickernell
R House District 98
Rep. Craig Staats
R House District 145
Rep. Carl Metzgar
R House District 69
Rep. Joshua Kail
R House District 15
Rep. Jason Ortitay
R House District 46
Rep. David Zimmerman
R House District 99
Rep. Mark Gillen
R House District 128
Rep. David Maloney
R House District 130
Rep. Doyle Heffley
R House District 122
Rep. Jim Marshall
R House District 14
Rep. Timothy Bonner
R House District 8
Rep. Chris Sainato
D House District 9
Rep. Andrew Lewis
R House District 105
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie
R House District 134
Rep. Pam Snyder
D House District 50
Rep. Jeffrey Pyle
R House District 60
Rep. Seth Grove
R House District 196
Rep. Martin Causer
R House District 67
Rep. Michael Peifer
R House District 139
Rep. Bob Brooks
R House District 54
Rep. Eric Nelson
R House District 57
Rep. Joe Emrick
R House District 137
Rep. Mike Armanini
R House District 75
Rep. Ryan Warner
R House District 52
Rep. Kate Klunk
R House District 169
Rep. Jack Rader
R House District 176
Rep. Kathy Rapp
R House District 65
Rep. Eric Davanzo
R House District 58
Rep. Tracy Pennycuick
R House District 147
Rep. Perry A. Stambaugh
R House District 86
Rep. Jason Silvis
R House District 55
Rep. Valerie Gaydos
R House District 44
Rep. Parke Wentling
R House District 17
Rep. David Millard
R House District 109
Rep. Louis Schmitt
R House District 79
Rep. Joe Kerwin
R House District 125
Rep. Clint Owlett
R House District 68
Rep. Jesse Topper
R House District 78
Rep. Tommy Sankey
R House District 73
Rep. Barbara Gleim
R House District 199
Rep. Brad Roae
R House District 6
Rep. Ann Flood
R House District 138
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Veto No. 3
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| 0991 | Referred to Judiciary, March 19, 2021 |
| Reported as committed, May 25, 2021 | |
| First consideration, May 25, 2021 | |
| Laid on the table, May 25, 2021 | |
| Removed from table, May 26, 2021 | |
| 1706 | Second consideration, with amendments, June 7, 2021 |
| Re-committed to Appropriations, June 7, 2021 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 775-777), June 7, 2021 | |
| Re-reported as committed, June 8, 2021 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, June 8, 2021 (124-79) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 804-806), June 8, 2021 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to Judiciary, June 9, 2021 | |
| Reported as committed, Jan. 19, 2022 | |
| First consideration, Jan. 19, 2022 | |
| Second consideration, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Re-referred to Appropriations, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Re-reported as committed, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, Jan. 25, 2022 (32-17) | |
| (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 72-80), Jan. 25, 2022 | |
| Signed in House, Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| Signed in Senate, Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| Presented to the Governor, Jan. 27, 2022 | |
| Vetoed by the Governor, Feb. 3, 2022 | |
| Veto No. 3 |
Printers Numbers
Amendments
Senate Amendments to Printers Number 1706
Votes
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Monday, January 24, 2022 - Senate APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - Senate JUDICIARY Committee Vote
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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - Senate JUDICIARY Committee Vote
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - House Floor Vote
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote
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Monday, June 7, 2021 - House Floor Vote
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Monday, June 7, 2021 - House Floor Vote
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - House JUDICIARY Committee Vote
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Committee Meetings
(to consider Senate Bills No. 806, 967, 992 and 1019; and House Bills No. 764, 979, 1122 and 2146)
(to consider Senate Bills No. 806, 967, 992 and 1019; and House Bills No. 764, 979, 1122 and 2146)
(to consider House Bill No. 979 & House Bill No. 1096)
(to consider House Bill No. 979 & House Bill No. 1096)
(public hearing to consider the nominations of Marsha Grayson, Esquire, reappointment to the Board of Pardons; Marie Veon, Esquire, for the Court of Common Pleas for Venango County; and to consider House Bill No. 979)
(public hearing to consider the nominations of Marsha Grayson, Esquire, reappointment to the Board of Pardons; Marie Veon, Esquire, for the Court of Common Pleas for Venango County; and to consider House Bill No. 979)
Voting meeting on HB 488, HB 659, HB 979, HB 1095 and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 488, HB 659, HB 979, HB 1095 and any other business that may come before the committee.
Statute References
This bill amends Titles 18 (Crimes And Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally). Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.
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18 (Crimes And Offenses)
53 (Municipalities Generally)
House Bill 979
2021-2022 Regular Session
Sponsors
DOWLING, METCALFE, GREINER, HERSHEY, RYAN, KAUFFMAN, ECKER, DIAMOND, DUNBAR, ROTHMAN, KEEFER, SAYLOR, ROWE, JOZWIAK, OBERLANDER, IRVIN, BERNSTINE, JAMES, SCHLEGEL CULVER, MOUL, O'NEAL, KNOWLES, COOK, FEE, BOROWICZ, WHEELAND, COX, MUSTELLO, STRUZZI, SMITH, SCHEMEL, HAMM, JONES, HELM, B. MILLER, PUSKARIC, HICKERNELL, STAATS, METZGAR, KAIL, ORTITAY, ZIMMERMAN, GILLEN, MALONEY, HEFFLEY, MARSHALL, BONNER, SAINATO, LEWIS, R. MACKENZIE, SNYDER, PYLE, GROVE, CAUSER, PEIFER, BROOKS, E. NELSON, EMRICK, ARMANINI, WARNER, KLUNK, RADER, RAPP, DAVANZO, PENNYCUICK, STAMBAUGH, SILVIS, GAYDOS, WENTLING, MILLARD, SCHMITT, KERWIN, OWLETT, TOPPER, SANKEY, GLEIM, ROAE, FLOOD
Short Title
An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for limitation on the regulation of firearms and ammunition; and, in preemptions, providing for regulation of firearms and ammunition.
Memo Subject
Preemption Legislation former HB 1066
Actions
| 0991 | Referred to JUDICIARY, March 19, 2021 |
| Reported as committed, May 25, 2021 | |
| First consideration, May 25, 2021 | |
| Laid on the table, May 25, 2021 | |
| Removed from table, May 26, 2021 | |
| 1706 | Second consideration, with amendments, June 7, 2021 |
| Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, June 7, 2021 | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 775-777), June 7, 2021 | |
| Re-reported as committed, June 8, 2021 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, June 8, 2021 (124-79) | |
| (Remarks see House Journal Page 804-806), June 8, 2021 | |
| In the Senate | |
| Referred to JUDICIARY, June 9, 2021 | |
| Reported as committed, Jan. 19, 2022 | |
| First consideration, Jan. 19, 2022 | |
| Second consideration, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Re-reported as committed, Jan. 24, 2022 | |
| Third consideration and final passage, Jan. 25, 2022 (32-17) | |
| (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 72-80), Jan. 25, 2022 | |
| Signed in House, Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| Signed in Senate, Jan. 26, 2022 | |
| Presented to the Governor, Jan. 27, 2022 | |
| Vetoed by the Governor, Feb. 3, 2022 | |
| Veto No. 3 |
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