PRINTER'S NO. 725
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 706
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, SCHEUREN, HAMM, GREINER, BANTA,
M. JONES, SMITH, REICHARD, STENDER, STAATS, KAUFFMAN,
KENYATTA, KRUPA, ROWE AND METZGAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
3 articles, further providing for licenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6109(h)(1) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection
8 is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 6109. Licenses.
10 * * *
11 (h) Fee.--
12 (1) [In] Except as provided for in paragraph (8), in
13 addition to fees described in [paragraphs (2)(ii) and]
14 paragraph (3), the fee for a license to carry a firearm is
15 $19. This includes all of the following:
16 (i) A renewal notice processing fee of $1.50.
17 (ii) An administrative fee of $5 under section 14(2)
18 of the act of July 6, 1984 (P.L.614, No.127), known as
 1 the Sheriff Fee Act.
2 * * *
3 (8) The governing authority of a county may, after
4 consultation with the sheriff or, in a city of the first
5 class, the chief of police, waive the fees provided for in
6 paragraphs (1) and (3) for an applicant who is an honorably
7 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States
8 or is 65 years of age or older.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 0725: 18-6109(h)(1)