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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Bill 887 Allows Local Governments to Regulate Firearms on Municipal Property
Last action · March 13, 2025: Referred to JUDICIARY, March 13, 2025Sponsors: Mary Isaacson and 15 others
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 887 allows Pennsylvania s to regulate the possession, transfer, or transportation of firearms and ammunition on property they own, operate, or maintain, such as buildings and parks, taking effect in 60 days.
Local governments gain the legal authority to enact ordinances restricting firearms on municipal properties like parks and public buildings, altering existing statewide rules.
- Pennsylvania has historically maintained strict statewide preemption laws preventing local municipalities from enacting independent firearm regulations. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Political subdivisions
Municipalities and local governments gain the authority to regulate firearms on property they own, operate, or maintain.
Gun owners
Gun owners traveling onto property owned or operated by a political subdivision become subject to potential new local firearm regulations.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Mar 13, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to JUDICIARY, March 13, 2025
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Rollback of Statewide Firearms Preemption
The legislation creates a narrow carve-out to the broad prohibition preventing local governments from regulating firearms.
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Analysis Score
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- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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