Overview
- The Judiciary Committee advanced HB1099, HB1593, HB1859, and HB1866 to address ghost and undetectable guns, expand background checks to long guns, create extreme risk protection orders, and ban conversion devices.
- The vote split along party lines, 14 Democrats to 12 Republicans, sending the measures to the full House.
- House passage remains uncertain given the Democrats’ one-seat margin and a conservative Democrat from Cambria County highlighted in recent coverage.
- A Republican countermeasure, HB1867, was introduced to prohibit any red flag law in Pennsylvania.
- Democrats advanced the package days after three York County detectives were killed, as CeaseFirePA praised the action and Gun Owners of America labeled the bills unconstitutional.