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.
HB 1859 proposed changes to Pennsylvania's firearm laws, targeting individuals prohibited from possessing firearms (such as those under extreme risk protection orders) and establishing rules for safely surrendering firearms. It added provisions for "extreme risk protection orders" (court orders to temporarily remove firearms from high-risk individuals), clarified restrictions on firearm possession, and required the Attorney General to create a system for reporting firearm abandonment. The bill also updated procedures for community courts and imposed penalties for violations, but it was defeated in final passage on September 30, 2025.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Sep 2025
House Failed
Sep 2025
Governor
Introduced Sep 11, 2025
Last action Sep 30, 2025
Floor votes · House Sep 30, 2025
How they voted
101–102
Failed
Total votes 203
Sep 30, 2025
D
Democratic102
99% Yea
R
Republican101
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Sep 30, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (101-102)
house
Sep 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Sep 29, 2025
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Sep 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Sep 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 42 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jenn O'Mara
DDemocratic
Co
Abigail Salisbury
DDemocratic
Co
Arvind Venkat
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Sanchez
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Waxman
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Kazeem
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pielli
DDemocratic
Co
Christina Sappey
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Frankel
DDemocratic
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