Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee 10 D cosponsors

SB 1449 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing for prohibited offensive weapons.

Last action — Referred to JUDICIARY, Sept. 10, 2026

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced September 10, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 D).

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In plain language

The bill bans the possession of machine gun conversion devices in Pennsylvania.

SB 1449 amends Pennsylvania law to prohibit machine gun conversion devices, including pistol converters. The law will take effect 30 days after publication of a notice by the Attorney General.

Summary

Machine Gun Conversion Device Ban

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds definitions for 'machine gun' and 'pistol converter' to the existing Pennsylvania law on prohibited offensive weapons.

  • 18 Pa.C.S. § 908

    "Machine gun." As follows: (1) A weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. (2) The term includes: (i) The frame or receiver of the weapon, a part 2 designed and intended solely and exclusively, or 3 combination of parts designed and intended, for use in 4 converting a weapon into a machine gun, and any 5 combination of parts from which a machine gun can be 6 assembled if the parts are in the possession or under the 7 control of a person. (ii) A handgun equipped with a pistol converter.

    This change specifies what constitutes a machine gun within the law.

  • 18 Pa.C.S. § 908

    "Pistol converter." As follows: (1) A device or instrument that, when installed in or attached to the rear of the slide of a semiautomatic pistol, replaces the backplate and interferes with the trigger mechanism, enabling the device or instrument to shoot automatically more than one shot by a single function of the trigger. (2) The term includes a pistol converter manufactured using a three-dimensional printer.

    This change defines a pistol converter and includes 3D printed versions in the legal definition.

Action History

  1. Referred to JUDICIARY, Sept. 10, 2026

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 243 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (243)

243 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1449 do?
Machine Gun Conversion Device Ban
Who sponsors SB 1449?
SB 1449 is sponsored by Christine M. Tartaglione (Democratic), Sharif Street (Democratic), Timothy P. Kearney (Democratic), Nikil Saval (Democratic), Amanda M. Cappelletti (Democratic), Katie J. Muth (Democratic), Jay Costa (Democratic), Art Haywood (Democratic), John I. Kane (Democratic), and Carolyn T. Comitta (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1449?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced September 10, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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