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Proposed Delaware Firearm Legislation SB228

Legislation Overview

Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Semiautomatic Pistols.

Description: This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 228. This Act achieves the intent of Senate Bill No. 228 by providing an exception to the general prohibition against semiautomatic pistols that have the ability to accept detachable ammunition magazines that attach at some location other than the pistol grip. This exception permits such a characteristic in the limited circumstance of using a rimfire pistol for competitive shooting or for practice shooting in preparation for competitive shooting. The characteristic is still prohibited outright for any centerfire pistols.

Session: 152nd General Assembly

Last Action: Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT

Last Action Date: June 30, 2024

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'.

8 sponsors: David Lawson (R); Jeffrey Spiegelman (R); Gerald Hocker (R); Brian Pettyjohn (R); David Wilson (R); Jeff Hilovsky (R); Shannon Morris (R); Jesse Vanderwende (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 20% (8 of 41)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	Jun 30, 2024	Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
	Jun 27, 2024	Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
	Jun 6, 2024	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
	May 23, 2024	Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
	May 22, 2024	Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
	May 14, 2024	Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 228, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Texts

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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
Senate Third Reading	05/23/2024	20	0	0	1	Yes
Brown, Darius (D) Absent Buckson, Eric (R) Yea Gay, Kyle (D) Yea Hansen, Stephanie (D) Yea Hocker, Gerald (R) Yea Hoffner, Kyra (D) Yea Huxtable, Russ (D) Yea Lawson, David (R) Yea Lockman, Elizabeth (D) Yea Mantzavinos, Spiros (D) Yea McBride, Sarah (D) Yea Paradee, W. Charles (D) Yea Pettyjohn, Brian (R) Yea Pinkney, Marie (D) Yea Poore, Nicole (D) Yea Richardson, Bryant (R) Yea Sokola, David (D) Yea Sturgeon, Laura (D) Yea Townsend, Bryan (D) Yea Walsh, John (D) Yea Wilson, David (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House Third Reading	06/30/2024	40	0	0	1	Yes
Baumbach, Paul (D) Yea Bolden, Stephanie (D) 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 Harris, Kerri (D) Yea Heffernan, Debra (D) Yea Hensley, Kevin (R) Yea Hilovsky, Jeff (R) Yea Johnson, Kendra (D) Yea Jones Giltner, Valerie (R) Yea Lambert, Larry (D) Yea Longhurst, Valerie (D) Yea Lynn, Sean (D) Absent Matthews, Sean (D) Yea Minor-Brown, Melissa (D) Yea Moore, Sherae'a (D) Yea Morris, Shannon (R) Yea Morrison, Eric (D) Yea Neal, DeShanna (D) Yea Osienski, Edward (D) Yea Parker Selby, Stell (D) Yea Phillips, Sophie (D) Yea Postles, Charles (R) Yea Ramone, Michael (R) Yea Romer, Cyndie (D) Yea Schwartzkopf, Peter (D) Yea Short, Daniel (R) Yea Shupe, Bryan (R) Yea Smith, Michael (R) Yea Spiegelman, Jeffrey (R) Yea Vanderwende, Jesse (R) Yea Williams, Kimberly (D) Yea Wilson-Anton, Madinah (D) Yea Yearick, Lyndon (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page