PRINTER'S NO. 778
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
821
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY GIRAL, SCHLOSSBERG, GUENST, KINKEAD, FIEDLER,
SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, BURGOS, FRANKEL, KINSEY,
FLEMING, OTTEN AND HOHENSTEIN, APRIL 3, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 3, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for sale or transfer of firearms
and establishing the Pennsylvania Gun Buyback Program and the
Pennsylvania Gun Buyback Program Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6111(j)(1) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
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(j) Exemption.--
(1) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall not
apply to:
(i) sales between Federal firearms licensees; [or]
(ii) the purchase of firearms by a chief law
enforcement officer or his designee, for the official use
of law enforcement officers[.]; or
(iii) the purchase of firearms by a chief law
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