PRINTER'S NO. 676
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
637
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY CAPPELLETTI, KEARNEY, TARTAGLIONE, HAYWOOD,
FONTANA, KANE, COMITTA, SANTARSIERO, L. WILLIAMS, COSTA, MUTH
AND COLLETT, MAY 1, 2023
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 1, 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.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6111(a)(1) and (f)(2) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
(a) Time and manner of delivery.--
(1) [Except as provided in paragraph (2), no seller
shall deliver a firearm to the purchaser or transferee
thereof until 48 hours shall have elapsed from the time of
the application for the purchase thereof, and, when
delivered, the firearm shall be securely wrapped and shall be
unloaded.] No seller, licensed importer, licensed dealer,
licensed manufacturer or county sheriff facilitating a
transfer of a firearm between two persons, who are not
licensed importers, licensed dealers or licensed
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manufacturers shall deliver the firearm to the purchaser or
transferee until a period of 72 hours has elapsed from the
time of the purchase. This paragraph shall not apply to a
transfer between spouses, a parent and child or a grandparent
and grandchild who is otherwise eligible to possess, use,
manufacture, control, sell or transfer a firearm under
section 6105 (relating to persons not to possess, use,
manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms).
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(f) Application of section.--
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[(2) The provisions contained in subsections (a) and (c)
shall only apply to pistols or revolvers with a barrel length
of less than 15 inches, any shotgun with a barrel length of
less than 18 inches, any rifle with a barrel length of less
than 16 inches or any firearm with an overall length of less
than 26 inches.]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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