PRINTER'S NO. 2903
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2022
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY DOWLING, READSHAW, DIAMOND, WALSH, RYAN, METCALFE,
RAPP, PHILLIPS-HILL, GROVE, TURZAI, WARNER, BARRAR, KEEFER,
CUTLER, A. HARRIS AND SANKEY, JANUARY 22, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for prohibited conduct during
emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6107 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6107. Prohibited conduct during emergency.
(a) General rule.--No person shall carry a firearm upon the
public streets or upon any public property during an emergency
proclaimed by a State or municipal governmental executive unless
that person is:
(1) Actively engaged in a defense of that person's life
or property from peril or threat.
(2) Licensed to carry firearms under section 6109
(relating to licenses) [or], is exempt from licensing under
section 6106(b) (relating to firearms not to be carried
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