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2025–2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 822

An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for limitation on the regulation of firearms and ammunition; and, in preemptions, providing for regulation of firearms and ammunition.

In the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee since May 7, 2026.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

21 co-sponsors

Kim L. Ward, Chris Gebhard, Lisa Baker, Kristin Phillips-Hill, Tracy Pennycuick, Jarrett Coleman, Camera Bartolotta, Daniel Laughlin, Michele Brooks, Patrick J. Stefano, Scott E. Hutchinson, Judy Ward, Gene Yaw, David G. Argall, Cris Dush, Devlin J. Robinson, Elder A. Vogel Jr., Greg Rothman, Lynda Schlegel Culver, Scott Martin, Doug Mastriano

Its course

June 3, 2025 to May 7, 2026, 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 action10 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJun 3 to May 6337 days

Local GovernmentJun 3 to May 4335 days

AppropriationsMay 5 to May 61 day

In the House of RepresentativesFrom May 6

JudiciaryFrom May 7

Votes

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

  • Senate, third reading30–20

    Passed · May 6, 2026

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 Senate Jun 3 – May 6, 2026

  1. Jun 3Sent to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  2. May 4, 2026LOCAL GOVERNMENT recommended it
  3. May 5, 2026Read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. May 6, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the Senate, 30 to 20

In the House of Representatives May 7, 2026

  1. May 7, 2026Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to JUDICIARY
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jun 3Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, June 3, 2025Senate
  2. May 4, 2026Reported as committed, May 4, 2026Senate
  3. May 4, 2026First consideration, May 4, 2026Senate
  4. May 5, 2026Second consideration, May 5, 2026Senate
  5. May 5, 2026Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, May 5, 2026Senate
  6. May 6, 2026Re-reported as committed, May 6, 2026Senate
  7. May 6, 2026Third consideration and final passage, May 6, 2026 (30-20)Senate
  8. May 6, 2026(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 265-266), May 6, 2026Senate
  9. May 7, 2026In the HouseHouse of Representatives
  10. May 7, 2026Referred to JUDICIARY, May 7, 2026House of Representatives