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2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1859

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; in community and municipal courts, further providing for masters; adding provisions relating to extreme risk protection orders; imposing duties on the Office of Attorney General; and imposing penalties.

In the House of Representatives since September 11, 2025.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

42 co-sponsors

Christina D. Sappey, ED NEILSON, Arvind Venkat, STEVE SAMUELSON, Joe Webster, Chris Pielli, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Emily Kinkead, Liz Hanbidge, Kristine C. Howard, Carol Hill-Evans, Joe Ciresi, Lisa A. Borowski, Nancy Guenst, MaryLouise Isaacson, Kyle Donahue, Michael H. Schlossberg, Tim Brennan, DAN FRANKEL, Joseph C. Hohenstein, Tarik Khan, Elizabeth Fiedler, ROBERT FREEMAN, Perry S. Warren, David M. Delloso, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Justin C. Fleming, Dan K. Williams, Danielle Friel Otten, Melissa Cerrato, G. Roni Green, Gina H. Curry, Ben Waxman, Nikki Rivera, GREG VITALI, Leanne Krueger, Jeanne McNeill, Keith S. Harris, Dave Madsen, Carol Kazeem, Abigail Salisbury, Jen Mazzocco

Its course

September 11 to September 30, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action11 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesFrom Sep 11

JudiciarySep 11 to Sep 2312 days

AppropriationsSep 29 to Sep 301 day

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading101–102

    Failed · Sep 30

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Sep 11 – Sep 30

  1. Sep 11Sent to JUDICIARY
  2. Sep 23JUDICIARY recommended it
  3. Sep 29Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Sep 30APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Failed in the House of Representatives, 101 to 102
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Sep 11Referred to JUDICIARY, Sept. 11, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Sep 23Reported as committed, Sept. 23, 2025House of Representatives
  3. Sep 23First consideration, Sept. 23, 2025House of Representatives
  4. Sep 23Laid on the table, Sept. 23, 2025House of Representatives
  5. Sep 23Removed from table, Sept. 23, 2025House of Representatives
  6. Sep 29Second consideration, Sept. 29, 2025House of Representatives
  7. Sep 29Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 29, 2025House of Representatives
  8. Sep 30Re-reported as committed, Sept. 30, 2025House of Representatives
  9. Sep 30Third consideration and defeated on final passage, Sept. 30, 2025 (101-102)House of Representatives
  10. Sep 30Motion to reconsider final passage, Sept. 30, 2025House of Representatives
  11. Sep 30(Remarks see House Journal Page 1381-1383), Sept. 30, 2025House of Representatives