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Passed Delaware Firearm Legislation SB156

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Legislation Overview

Title: An Act To Amend The Laws Of Delaware And Title 4, Title 6, Title 10, Title 11, Title 15, Title 16, Title 19, Title 24, Title 25, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Technical Corrections.

Description: In January 2019, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 149th General Assembly in 2018 or as they reviewed titles of the Code. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation. This Act also includes technical corrections identified outside of the list provided by the Code Revisors.

Session: 150th General Assembly

Last Action: Signed by Governor

Last Action Date: July 23, 2019

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'.

10 sponsors: David McBride (D); Peter Schwartzkopf (D); Nicole Poore (D); Bryan Townsend (D); Gerald Hocker (R); Catherine Cloutier (R); Valerie Longhurst (D); John Mitchell (D); Daniel Short (R); Timothy Dukes (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 24% (10 of 41)

History
Chamber Date Action
Jul 23, 2019 Signed by Governor
Jun 30, 2019 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
Jun 26, 2019 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits
Jun 19, 2019 Assigned to Administration Committee in House
Jun 18, 2019 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
Jun 18, 2019 Suspension of Rules in Senate
Jun 18, 2019 Amendment SA 1 to SB 156 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT
Jun 14, 2019 Amendment SA 1 was Introduced in Senate
Jun 13, 2019 Introduced and Laid on Table in Senate
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Engrossed not available state link bill 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
06/18/2019 19 0 0 2 Yes
  • Bonini, Colin (R) Yea
  • Brown, Darius (D) Yea
  • Cloutier, Catherine (R) Absent
  • Delcollo, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Ennis, Bruce (D) Yea
  • Hansen, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Hocker, Gerald (R) Yea
  • Lawson, David (R) Yea
  • Lockman, Elizabeth (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Ernesto (R) Yea
  • McBride, David (D) Yea
  • McDowell, Harris (D) Yea
  • Paradee, W. Charles (D) Yea
  • Pettyjohn, Brian (R) Yea
  • Poore, Nicole (D) Yea
  • Richardson, Bryant (R) Yea
  • Sokola, David (D) Yea
  • Sturgeon, Laura (D) Yea
  • Townsend, Bryan (D) Absent
  • Walsh, John (D) Yea
  • Wilson, David (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/30/2019 41 0 0 0 Yes
  • Baumbach, Paul (D) Yea
  • Bennett, Andria (D) Yea
  • Bentz, David (D) Yea
  • Bolden, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Brady, Gerald (D) Yea
  • Briggs King, Ruth (R) Yea
  • Bush, William (D) Yea
  • Carson, William (D) Yea
  • Chukwuocha, Nnamdi (D) Yea
  • Collins, Richard (R) Yea
  • Cooke, Franklin (D) Yea
  • Dorsey Walker, Sherry (D) Yea
  • Dukes, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Gray, Ronald (R) Yea
  • Griffith, Krista (D) Yea
  • Heffernan, Debra (D) Yea
  • Hensley, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Jaques, Earl (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Kendra (D) Yea
  • Johnson, S. Quinton (D) Yea
  • Kowalko, John (D) Yea
  • Longhurst, Valerie (D) Yea
  • Lynn, Sean (D) Yea
  • Matthews, Sean (D) Yea
  • Minor-Brown, Melissa (D) Yea
  • Mitchell, John (D) Yea
  • Morris, Shannon (R) Yea
  • Osienski, Edward (D) Yea
  • Postles, Charles (R) Yea
  • Ramone, Michael (R) Yea
  • Schwartzkopf, Peter (D) Yea
  • Seigfried, Raymond (D) Yea
  • Short, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Shupe, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Smith, Michael (R) Yea
  • Smyk, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Spiegelman, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Vanderwende, Jesse (R) Yea
  • Viola, John (D) Yea
  • Williams, Kimberly (D) Yea
  • Yearick, Lyndon (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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