2026 Pro-Gun Enforcement Bills: Stolen Firearms, Disarming Police, Campus Police, Gun-Free Zone Liability

The 2026 session includes several bills focused on enforcement and expanding firearms rights in specific contexts^[1].

S2285: Stolen Firearm Penalties

Senate Bill 2285 (Sens. Raptakis, Famiglietti, Appollonio, and seven others) would increase mandatory penalties for using stolen firearms in violent crimes and for possession of stolen firearms. The bill would also require a person convicted of these offenses to serve a period without eligibility for parole or probation.

H7753 / S2292: Disarming a Peace Officer

House Bill 7753 (Reps. Read, Chippendale, Santucci, and others) and Senate Bill 2292 (Sens. DiPalma, LaMountain, Burke, and others) make it a felony, punishable by up to five years of imprisonment, a $5,000 fine, or both, to knowingly remove or attempt to remove a firearm, deadly weapon or less-lethal weapon, or to knowingly deprive the use of a mobile communication device or radio, from a peace officer or an investigator of the department of attorney general. Both passed as Substitute A and were signed by the Governor on June 18, 2026, as Chapters 141 and 142 of the 2026 Public Laws.

H7128 / S2053: Armed Campus Police

House Bill 7128 (Reps. O'Brien, McEntee, Dawson, and others) and Senate Bill 2053 (Sens. Appollonio, Tikoian, Ciccone, and others) would require campus police at public higher education institutions to carry firearms with appropriate training requirements. The bills also include campus police in the law enforcement officers' bill of rights protections.

S2283: Gun-Free Zone Civil Liability

Senate Bill 2283 (Sens. de la Cruz, Rogers, Patalano, and others) would create a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, other than a residence, by a person authorized and licensed to carry a firearm. If a licensed gun owner is harmed in a location where they were prohibited from carrying, the property owner could face a lawsuit claiming the harm could have been prevented with firearm access. This is one of the more novel pro-gun proposals nationally.

Current Status

S2285 and S2283 were heard by their respective Judiciary Committees between April 8 and April 14, 2026 and held for further study. Of these bills, H7753 and S2292 passed as Substitute A, the Senate passing both in concurrence on June 11, 2026, and the Governor signed them on June 18, 2026. S2285, S2283, H7128 and S2053 were held for further study and did not advance. Unless the General Assembly reconvenes before its term ends, each would need to be reintroduced in a future session^[2].