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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 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 committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1859 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on September 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Jenn O'Mara (Democratic). It lists 42 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 30, 2025): Motion to reconsider final passage.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 43

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jenn O'MaraPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse165
Lisa BorowskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse168
Tim BrennanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Johanny Cepeda-FreytizCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse129
Missy CerratoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse151
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Gina CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse164
Dave DellosoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse162
Kyle DonahueCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Elizabeth FiedlerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse184
Justin FlemingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Dan FrankelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Bob FreemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse136
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Nancy GuenstCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse152
Liz HanbidgeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse61
Keith HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse195
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Joe HohensteinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse177
Kristine HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse167
Mary IsaacsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse175
Carol KazeemCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse159
Tarik KhanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse194
Emily KinkeadCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Leanne KruegerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse161
Dave MadsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Jen MazzoccoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Jeanne McNeillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse133
Ed NeilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse174
Danielle OttenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse155
Chris PielliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse156
Nikki RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Abigail SalisburyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse34
Steve SamuelsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Christina SappeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse158
Mike SchlossbergCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse132
Arvind VenkatCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Greg VitaliCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse166
Perry WarrenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182
Joe WebsterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse150
Dan WilliamsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Motion to reconsider final passage
  2. Third consideration and defeated on final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-committed to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration
  6. Removed from table
  7. Laid on the table
  8. First consideration
  9. Reported as committed
  10. Referred to Judiciary

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source