Amends the Office of State Inspector General provisions of The Administrative Code of 1929 to define "enforcement officer" and to give enforcement officers the power to carry firearms, concealed or otherwise, in the performance of their official duties, subject to the written policies of the State Inspector General. An enforcement officer may not carry, possess or use a firearm on duty unless the officer has completed basic firearms training and annual firearms training or other similar training approved by the State Inspector General. It became Act No. 60 of 2026.
What it does: Authorizes Office of State Inspector General enforcement officers to carry firearms on duty, subject to training and agency policy.
Amends sections 908 and 908.1 of Pennsylvania's Crimes Code. It removes the National Firearms Act compliance defense from section 908(b) and instead excludes a machine gun, sawed-off shotgun with a barrel under 18 inches, or firearm "specially made or specially adapted for concealment or silent discharge" from the "offensive weapons" definition when possessed in compliance with Chapter 61 and applicable federal law, including the National Firearms Act "to the extent required by law." It also excludes stun guns and similar devices possessed in compliance with section 908.1 and removes that section's labeling condition for self-defense use.
What it does: Would change when possession of NFA-regulated items and stun guns falls outside Pennsylvania's prohibited offensive weapons law.
SuppressorsLess-lethal devices
last action
: Referred to House Judiciary Committee
next step
House Judiciary Committee; no action scheduled (Not yet known).
effective
Not yet known (bill text: 60 days after enactment)
Amends Pennsylvania's prohibited offensive weapons statute in the Crimes Code. Discovery sources describe it as a ban on machine-gun conversion devices; the official bill page lists only the statutory title, so details of scope are Not yet known here.
What it does: Would expand the list of prohibited offensive weapons (details: see bill text).
Machine-gun conversion
last action
: Referred to Senate Judiciary
next step
Senate Judiciary Committee; no action scheduled (Not yet known).
Repeals the provision of Pennsylvania's sale-or-transfer law that limits its background-check requirements to handguns and short-barreled firearms. As a result, those requirements would also apply to private transfers of long guns (rifles and shotguns). It passed the House 104-99 and is in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
What it does: Would extend background-check requirements to private sales of rifles and shotguns.