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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 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.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 822 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on June 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Wayne Langerholc (Republican). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 7, 2026): Referred to Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 22

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wayne LangerholcPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate35
Dave ArgallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Lisa BakerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Michele BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate50
Jarrett ColemanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Lynda CulverCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Cris DushCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Chris GebhardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate48
Scott HutchinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Dan LaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Scott MartinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Doug MastrianoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Kristin Phillips-HillCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Devlin RobinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Greg RothmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate34
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Elder VogelCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Kim WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Judy WardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Gene YawCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23

“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. Referred to Judiciary
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-referred to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration
  6. First consideration
  7. Reported as committed
  8. Referred to Local Government

Sources

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