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Proposed Delaware Firearm Legislation HB155

Legislation Overview

Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Offenses Involving Deadly Weapons And Dangerous Instruments.

Description: This bill makes the unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container, a firearms rack that is on the motor vehicle, or locked in the trunk. This bill also provides that compliance with unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle is a defense to carrying a concealed deadly weapon.

Session: 152nd General Assembly

Last Action: Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO

Last Action Date: June 30, 2023

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

9 sponsors: Krista Griffith (D); David Sokola (D); Paul Baumbach (D); Sherry Dorsey Walker (D); Kyle Gay (D); Stephanie Hansen (D); Stephanie Bolden (D); Debra Heffernan (D); Valerie Longhurst (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 22% (9 of 41)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	Jun 30, 2023	Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
	Jun 30, 2023	Amendment SA 1 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
	Jun 30, 2023	Amendment SA 1 to HB 155 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
	Jun 29, 2023	Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
	Jun 28, 2023	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
	Jun 28, 2023	Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
	Jun 28, 2023	Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
	Jun 27, 2023	Amendment HA 1 to HA 3 - Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 15 NO 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT
	Jun 27, 2023	Amendment HA 3 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
	Jun 27, 2023	Amendment HA 1 to HB 155 - Stricken in House
	Jun 27, 2023	Amendment HA 2 to HB 155 - Stricken in House
	Jun 27, 2023	Amendment HA 1 to HA 2 - Stricken in House
	Jun 27, 2023	Amendment HA 3 to HB 155 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
	Jun 27, 2023	Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT
	Jun 26, 2023	Amendment HA 1 to HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
	Jun 22, 2023	Amendment HA 2 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
	Jun 12, 2023	Amendment HA 1 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
	Jun 7, 2023	Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
	May 12, 2023	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Draft	not available	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
House Third Reading	06/27/2023	24	13	1	3	Yes
Baumbach, Paul (D) Yea Bolden, Stephanie (D) Yea Briggs King, Ruth (R) Nay Bush, William (D) Yea Carson, William (D) Nay Chukwuocha, Nnamdi (D) Yea Collins, Richard (R) Nay Cooke, Franklin (D) Yea Dorsey Walker, Sherry (D) Yea Dukes, Timothy (R) Nay Gray, Ronald (R) Nay Griffith, Krista (D) Yea Harris, Kerri (D) Absent Heffernan, Debra (D) Yea Hensley, Kevin (R) Absent Hilovsky, Jeff (R) Nay Johnson, Kendra (D) Yea Lambert, Larry (D) Yea Longhurst, Valerie (D) Yea Lynn, Sean (D) Yea Matthews, Sean (D) Yea Minor-Brown, Melissa (D) Yea Moore, Sherae'a (D) Yea Morris, Shannon (R) Nay Morrison, Eric (D) Yea Neal, DeShanna (D) Yea Osienski, Edward (D) Yea Parker Selby, Stell (D) Yea Phillips, Sophie (D) Yea Postles, Charles (R) Nay Ramone, Michael (R) NV Romer, Cyndie (D) Yea Schwartzkopf, Peter (D) Yea Short, Daniel (R) Nay Shupe, Bryan (R) Nay Smith, Michael (R) Absent Spiegelman, Jeffrey (R) Nay Vanderwende, Jesse (R) Nay Williams, Kimberly (D) Yea Wilson-Anton, Madinah (D) Yea Yearick, Lyndon (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate Third Reading	06/30/2023	15	6	0	0	Yes
Brown, Darius (D) Yea Buckson, Eric (R) Nay Gay, Kyle (D) Yea Hansen, Stephanie (D) Yea Hocker, Gerald (R) Nay Hoffner, Kyra (D) Yea Huxtable, Russ (D) Yea Lawson, David (R) Nay Lockman, Elizabeth (D) Yea Mantzavinos, Spiros (D) Yea McBride, Sarah (D) Yea Paradee, W. Charles (D) Yea Pettyjohn, Brian (R) Nay Pinkney, Marie (D) Yea Poore, Nicole (D) Yea Richardson, Bryant (R) Nay Sokola, David (D) Yea Sturgeon, Laura (D) Yea Townsend, Bryan (D) Yea Walsh, John (D) Yea Wilson, David (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page