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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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SENATE BILL
No. 738 Session of 2007


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INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, LOGAN, WONDERLING, LAVALLE, WAUGH, FOLMER,
ORIE, BROWNE, BOSCOLA, MADIGAN AND EICHELBERGER,
APRIL 9, 2007


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REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 9, 2007


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AN ACT

1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of unlawful
3 firearm records; and prescribing a penalty.

4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 6143. Unlawful firearm records.
9 (a) Prohibition.--Except as otherwise provided under
10 subsection (b), no State governmental agency or political
11 subdivision or official, agent or employee thereof or any other
12 person, public or private, may knowingly and willfully keep or
13 cause to be kept any list, database, record or registry of
14 privately owned firearms or any list, database, record or
15 registry of the owners of those firearms.

There is more to it, including some exceptions and felony penaties for anyone that establishes an illegal registry, so go to the general assembly website and read it for yourself.

I am not sure how this affects PSP's database of handgun purchases, but it requires the destruction of any existing illegal registries.

Also I'm not sure if this is offered in opposition to HB 760 or not.