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Proposed Delaware Firearm Legislation HB366

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Legislation Overview

Title: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Safe Storage Of Firearms.

Description: This Act revises the crime of "unlawfully permitting a child access to a firearm," an existing class A misdemeanor under Delaware law. The offense is renamed "unsafe storage of a firearm" to place emphasis on firearm safety and proper storage. Under the revised statute, a crime is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly stores or leaves a loaded firearm where a minor or other person prohibited by law, or unauthorized person, can access the firearm, and the unauthorized person obtains the firearm. The unauthorized persons use of the firearm to inflict serious physical injury or death is not an element of the offense, but is an aggravating factor. For the purposes of this offense, stores and leaves does not include when firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or another lawfully-authorized user.

Session: 149th General Assembly

Last Action: Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate

Last Action Date: May 10, 2018

Sponsors

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7 sponsors: Sean Lynn (D); Bryan Townsend (D); David Bentz (D); John Mitchell (D); Paul Baumbach (D); Gerald Brady (D); John Kowalko (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 17% (7 of 41)

History
Chamber Date Action
May 10, 2018 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
May 8, 2018 Amendment HA 1 to HB 366 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
May 8, 2018 Amendment HA 2 to HB 366 - Defeated By House. Votes: 19 YES 20 NO 2 ABSENT
May 8, 2018 Passed By House. Votes: 21 YES 16 NO 4 ABSENT
Apr 25, 2018 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits
Apr 12, 2018 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
05/8/2018 21 16 0 4 Yes
  • Baumbach, Paul (D) Yea
  • Bennett, Andria (D) Absent
  • Bentz, David (D) Yea
  • Bolden, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Brady, Gerald (D) Yea
  • Briggs King, Ruth (R) Nay
  • Carson, William (D) Nay
  • Collins, Richard (R) Nay
  • Dukes, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Gray, Ronald (R) Nay
  • Heffernan, Debra (D) Yea
  • Hensley, Kevin (R) Nay
  • Hudson, Deborah (R) Absent
  • Jaques, Earl (D) Yea
  • Johnson, James (D) Yea
  • Johnson, S. Quinton (D) Yea
  • Keeley, Helene (D) Yea
  • Kenton, Harvey (R) Nay
  • Kowalko, John (D) Yea
  • Longhurst, Valerie (D) Absent
  • Lynn, Sean (D) Yea
  • Matthews, Sean (D) Yea
  • Miro, Joseph (R) Nay
  • Mitchell, John (D) Yea
  • Mulrooney, Michael (D) Nay
  • Osienski, Edward (D) Yea
  • Outten, William (R) Nay
  • Paradee, W. Charles (D) Yea
  • Postles, Charles (R) Nay
  • Potter, Charles (D) Yea
  • Ramone, Michael (R) Absent
  • Schwartzkopf, Peter (D) Yea
  • Short, Bryon (D) Yea
  • Short, Daniel (R) Nay
  • Smith, Melanie (D) Yea
  • Smyk, Stephen (R) Nay
  • Spiegelman, Jeffrey (R) Nay
  • Viola, John (D) Yea
  • Williams, Kimberly (D) Yea
  • Wilson, David (R) Nay
  • Yearick, Lyndon (R) Nay
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Link: link to state bill page

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