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Proposed Delaware Firearm Legislation HCR77

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Establishing The Gun Violence Prevention Task Force To Study And Make Findings And Recommendations Regarding Whether Delaware Should Become The Point Of Contact To Conduct Background Checks For Firearms Transfers.

Description: This Act creates the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to study and make findings and recommendations regarding whether Delaware should become the point of contact to conduct background checks for firearms transfers.

Session: 150th General Assembly

Last Action: Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

Last Action Date: January 30, 2020

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'.

17 sponsors: John Mitchell (D); Gerald Hocker (R); Anthony Delcollo (R); Nicole Poore (D); Valerie Longhurst (D); Catherine Cloutier (R); Stephanie Hansen (D); Ernesto Lopez (R); Brian Pettyjohn (R); David Wilson (R); Franklin Cooke (D); Debra Heffernan (D); Peter Schwartzkopf (D); Daniel Short (R); Stephen Smyk (R); Jeffrey Spiegelman (R); Lyndon Yearick (R);

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

History
Chamber Date Action
Jan 30, 2020 Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2020 Passed In House by Voice Vote
Jan 30, 2020 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
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
01/30/2020 20 0 0 1 Yes
  • Bonini, Colin (R) Yea
  • Brown, Darius (D) Yea
  • Cloutier, Catherine (R) Yea
  • Delcollo, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Ennis, Bruce (D) Yea
  • Hansen, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Hocker, Gerald (R) Yea
  • Lawson, David (R) Absent
  • 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) Yea
  • Walsh, John (D) Yea
  • Wilson, David (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/30/2020 0 0 0 0 Yes
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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