Passed Delaware Firearm Legislation SB302
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act To Amend Title 10 And Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Firearms.
Description: This Act is named for Keshall KeKe Anderson. KeKe was an innocent bystander who was killed in a 2016 shooting involving a firearm purchased through a straw purchase. In 2019, in a lawsuit by KeKes family against the dealer of the firearm involved in her death, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Courts decision interpreting ยง 1448A of Title 11 of the Delaware Code to grant a firearm dealer full immunity from liability, even if the firearm dealer is negligent in selling a firearm to a straw purchaser. See Summers v. Cabelas Wholesale, Inc., 2019 Del. Super. LEXIS 156 (Del. Super. 2019), affd, Summers v. Cabelas Wholesale, Inc., 2019 Del. LEXIS 524 (Del. 2019).
Session: 151st General Assembly
Last Action: Signed by Governor
Last Action Date: June 30, 2022
Sponsors
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21 sponsors: Bryan Townsend (D); David Sokola (D); Elizabeth Lockman (D); David Bentz (D); Peter Schwartzkopf (D); Valerie Longhurst (D); John Mitchell (D); Sherry Dorsey Walker (D); Kyle Gay (D); Sarah McBride (D); Charles Paradee (D); Marie Pinkney (D); Nicole Poore (D); Laura Sturgeon (D); Paul Baumbach (D); Charles Freel (D); Krista Griffith (D); Debra Heffernan (D); John Kowalko (D); Sean Lynn (D); Eric Morrison (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 51% (21 of 41)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Signed by Governor | |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Amendment HA 1 to SB 302 - Introduced and Placed With Bill | |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 18 NO | |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Amendment HA 1 to SB 302 - Defeated By House. Votes: 17 YES 24 NO | |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits | |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Assigned to Administration Committee in House | |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO | |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits | |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Draft | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate Third Reading | 06/16/2022 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House Third Reading | 06/28/2022 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
