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PRINTER'S NO.    1982
                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1751
                                               Session of
                                                 2021
     INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, SANCHEZ, ZABEL, KINSEY, MADDEN, McNEILL,
        N. NELSON, WEBSTER, YOUNG, WARREN, SIMS, KINKEAD, FRANKEL,
        SCHLOSSBERG, McCLINTON, VITALI, DALEY, CIRESI AND LEE,
        JULY 30, 2021
     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 30, 2021
                                    AN ACT
 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
    Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
    articles, providing for identification required for purchase
    of firearm ammunition.
    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 hereby enacts as follows:
    Section 1.    Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 § 6129.   Identification required for purchase of firearm
              ammunition.
    (a)    Identification.--Except as provided under subsection
 (b), no person may sell or deliver firearm ammunition to a
 purchaser or transferee unless the purchaser or transferee
 presents an official form of photographic identification,
 including, but not limited to, a driver's license, official
 Pennsylvania photo identification card or official government
 photo identification card.
    (b)    Exception.--An individual who is a member of a
 recognized religious sect or community whose tenets forbid or
 discourage the taking of photographs of members of that sect or
 community may present a valid-without-photo driver's license or
 a combination of documents, as prescribed by the Pennsylvania
 State Police, containing the individual's name, address, date of
 birth and signature.
    (c)   Penalties.--A person that violates this section shall be
 subject to a fine of:
          (1)   $1,000 for a first offense.
          (2)   $2,000 for a second offense.
          (3)   $3,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
    (d)   Prohibition on ammunition sales.--A person that violates
 this section shall be prohibited from selling ammunition for 30
 days following a third or subsequent offense.
    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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