republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-2060.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) 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 providing for relinquishment of firearms and firearm licenses by convicted persons and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; and, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions, for commencement of proceedings, for hearings, for relief, for return of relinquished firearms, other weapons and ammunition and additional relief, for relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping and for relinquishment to third party for safekeeping, imposing a penalty and providing for order to seal record from public view."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) 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 providing for relinquishment of firearms and firearm licenses by convicted persons and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; and, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions, for commencement of proceedings, for hearings, for relief, for return of relinquished firearms, other weapons and ammunition and additional relief, for relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping and for relinquishment to third party for safekeeping, imposing a penalty and providing for order to seal record from public view."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2060"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2060 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Quinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25611605-ed0a-4801-b7a2-06492706c66e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2060"
source_hash: "3c967dae65f806c3882bdffdbc5fe3a4f6b1b5c3292de3ed2f357e4ebeef5e71"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 2060 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) 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 providing for relinquishment of firearms and firearm licenses by convicted persons and for abandonment of firearms, weapons or ammunition; and, in protection from abuse, further providing for definitions, for commencement of proceedings, for hearings, for relief, for return of relinquished firearms, other weapons and ammunition and additional relief, for relinquishment for consignment sale, lawful transfer or safekeeping and for relinquishment to third party for safekeeping, imposing a penalty and providing for order to seal record from public view.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 3035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2060&pn=3035)
2. **Printer's No. 3754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2060&pn=3754)
3. **Printer's No. 3820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2060&pn=3820)

## Votes

- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 2060 PN 3820, MOT POSTPONE, DUSH — **13–181** (fail) · lower
- HB 2060 PN 3820, A9864, EICHELBERGER AMENDMENT NO. A-9864 — **9–39** (fail) · upper
- HB 2060 PN 3754, 2017 A8014, METCALFE, MOT APPEAL CHAIR — **167–27** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **131–62** (pass) · lower
- HB 2060 PN 3754, 2017 A7865, PETRARCA — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 2060 PN 3820, MOT RECOM JUDICIARY, KEEFER — **42–152** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **43–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Quinn — primary (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Cephas — cosponsor (person)
- Charlton — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Cutler — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Digirolamo — cosponsor (person)
- Driscoll — cosponsor (person)
- Farry — cosponsor (person)
- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
- Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Kampf — cosponsor (person)
- Krueger-Braneky — cosponsor (person)
- Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Mccarter — cosponsor (person)
- Mcclinton — cosponsor (person)
- Milne — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Ravenstahl — cosponsor (person)
- Roe — cosponsor (person)
- Rozzi — cosponsor (person)
- Santora — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- Tai — cosponsor (person)
- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Youngblood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** PN 3035 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3754 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3820 Amended on Second consideration, Re-committed to Appropriations and Amended in Appropriations `referral-committee, reading-2`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-09-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-12T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25611605-ed0a-4801-b7a2-06492706c66e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).