Please Contact the Members of the House Judiciary Committee TODAY!
Despite testimony from Governor Ed Rendell (D) in the House Judiciary Committee today, a bipartisan majority of committee members voted to protect the Second Amendment rights of Pennsylvania’s gun owners by defeating three gun control bills.
Among those bills were House Bill 18, sponsored by State Representative Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia). The Judiciary Committee defeated this legislation by a vote of 19 to 10. HB 18 would have allowed local municipalities to place further restrictions on the sale, possession, carrying, and use of firearms by gutting Pennsylvania’s preemption law.
Also defeated by a vote of 17 to 12 was House Bill 22, “one-gun-a-month” legislation, sponsored by State Representative John Myers (D-Philadelphia). HB 22 would have prohibited law-abiding citizens from purchasing more than one handgun at a time, and impose a 30-day waiting period between single handgun purchases.
At the request of the bill sponsor Representative Jewell Williams (D-Philadelphia), House Bill 29, “Lost or Stolen Firearms” legislation, was tabled by the committee. HB 29 would have made it a crime to fail to report the loss or theft of a firearm to police within 24 hours of discovering the firearm missing.
Please contact the members of the House Judiciary Committee TODAY and thank those that voted “No” to these anti-gun measures. Also, please contact those committee members that voted “yes” and ask them why they voted to restrict the rights of Pennsylvania’s law-abiding gun owners.
Contact information and vote count for the House Judiciary Committee is listed below.
Committee Member HB 18 Vote Count HB 22 Vote Count
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State Representative Thomas R. Caltagirone (D-127), Chairman |
Yes |
Yes |
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State Representative Daylin Leach (D-149), Secretary |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative Kathy Manderino (D-194) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative John E. Pallone (D-54) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Don Walko (D-20) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Ron Marsico (R-105), Chairman |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Lisa Bennington (D-21) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative Dan Frankel (D-23) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative Harold James (D-186) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative Deberah Kula (D-52) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Bryan R. Lentz (D-161) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative Joseph A. Petrarca (D-55) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Sean M. Ramaley (D-16) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Greg Vitali (D-16) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative Chelsa Wagner (D-22) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
State Representative Jesse White (D-46) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Jewell Williams (D-197) |
Yes |
Yes |
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State Representative Tom C. Creighton (R-37) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Craig A. Dally (R-138) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative John R. Evans (R-5) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Will Gabig (R-199) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Glen R. Grell (R-87) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Kate Harper (R-61) |
No |
Yes |
|
State Representative Beverly Mackereth (R-196) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Carl W. Mantz (R-187) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Bernie O'Neill (R-29) |
No |
Yes |
|
State Representative Tina Pickett (R-110) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Todd Rock (R-90) |
No |
No |
|
State Representative Katie True (R-41) |
No |
No |
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