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PA HB1866

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

9/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mandy Steele

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds "machinegun conversion devices" to Pennsylvania's list of prohibited offensive weapons under Title 18, Section 908
  • Defines machinegun conversion device as any part or combination of parts designed to accelerate a semiautomatic firearm's rate of fire to simulate a machinegun
  • Adopts the federal definition of "machinegun" from 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) and adds a definition of "firearm" to the statute
  • Requires the Attorney General to publish notice of the act's contents in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 10 days of enactment
  • Main provisions take effect 30 days after publication of the Attorney General's notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin

Legislative Description

In inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.

Last Action

Motion to reconsider final passage

10/1/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations9/30/2025
Judiciary9/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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