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Proposed Delaware Firearm Legislation SCR12

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Declaring Gun Violence A Public Health Crisis.

Description: This Senate Concurrent Resolution declares that gun violence is a public health crisis, that ending the gun violence devastating Delaware is a policy priority, and supporting policy and legislative solutions that will make schools safe, confront armed hate and extremism, prevent suicide, and center and support survivors of gun violence.

Session: 152nd General Assembly

Last Action: Passed In House by Voice Vote

Last Action Date: March 14, 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'.

20 sponsors: Marie Pinkney (D); Cyndie Romer (D); Melissa Minor-Brown (D); Paul Baumbach (D); DeShanna Neal (D); Sherry Dorsey Walker (D); Kyle Gay (D); Stephanie Hansen (D); Kyra Hoffner (D); Russ Huxtable (D); Elizabeth Lockman (D); Sarah McBride (D); Nicole Poore (D); David Sokola (D); Laura Sturgeon (D); Bryan Townsend (D); Franklin Cooke (D); Eric Morrison (D); Sophie Phillips (D); Madinah Wilson-Anton (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 49% (20 of 41)

History
Chamber Date Action
Mar 14, 2023 Introduced in Senate
Mar 14, 2023 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT
Mar 14, 2023 Passed In House by Voice Vote
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
03/14/2023 14 6 0 1 Yes
  • Brown, Darius (D) Absent
  • 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
03/14/2023 0 0 0 0 Yes
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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