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Proposed Delaware Firearm Legislation SB2

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: An Act To Amend Title 11, Title 24, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Deadly Weapons.

Description: This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. Like Senate Bill No. 2 this Act does all of the following:

Session: 152nd General Assembly

Last Action: Signed by Governor

Last Action Date: May 16, 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'.

21 sponsors: Elizabeth Lockman (D); Bryan Townsend (D); Laura Sturgeon (D); Melissa Minor-Brown (D); Paul Baumbach (D); Krista Griffith (D); Cyndie Romer (D); Eric Morrison (D); Kyle Gay (D); Sarah McBride (D); Marie Pinkney (D); David Sokola (D); Stephanie Bolden (D); Nnamdi Chukwuocha (D); Kerri Harris (D); Debra Heffernan (D); Kendra Johnson (D); Valerie Longhurst (D); Sean Lynn (D); DeShanna Neal (D); Sophie Phillips (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 51% (21 of 41)

History
Chamber Date Action
May 16, 2024 Signed by Governor
Mar 14, 2024 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 15 to SS 1 - Stricken in Senate
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 14 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 13 to SS 1 - Stricken in Senate
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 12 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 11 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 10 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 9 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 8 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 7 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 6 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 5 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 4 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 3 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 14, 2024 Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 9 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 3 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 4 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 5 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 6 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 7 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 8 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 10 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 11 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 12 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 13 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 14 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 13, 2024 Amendment SA 15 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 4 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 3 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 6 to SS 1 - Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 19 NO
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 7 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 25 NO 1 ABSENT
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 8 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 23 NO 3 ABSENT
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 9 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 23 NO 4 ABSENT
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 10 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 11 to SS 1 - Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 15 NO 2 ABSENT
Mar 7, 2024 Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 16 NO 2 ABSENT
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 7 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 5 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 6 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 4 NO 8 NOT VOTING
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 9 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 8 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 3 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 24 NO 1 ABSENT
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 1 to HA 4 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 5 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
Mar 7, 2024 Amendment HA 4 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 19 YES 22 NO
Mar 6, 2024 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
Jan 4, 2024 Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Dec 14, 2023 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
May 18, 2023 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
May 18, 2023 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
May 17, 2023 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
May 3, 2023 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
May 2, 2023 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 2, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
May 2, 2023 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO
May 2, 2023 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
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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
05/2/2023 15 6 0 0 Yes
  • Brown, Darius (D) Yea
  • 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
03/7/2024 23 16 0 2 Yes
  • Baumbach, Paul (D) Yea
  • Bolden, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Bush, William (D) Yea
  • Carson, William (D) Nay
  • Chukwuocha, Nnamdi (D) Yea
  • Collins, Richard (R) Nay
  • Cooke, Franklin (D) Yea
  • Dorsey Walker, Sherry (D) Yea
  • Dukes, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Gray, Ronald (R) Nay
  • Griffith, Krista (D) Yea
  • Harris, Kerri (D) Yea
  • Heffernan, Debra (D) Yea
  • Hensley, Kevin (R) Nay
  • Hilovsky, Jeff (R) Nay
  • Johnson, Kendra (D) Yea
  • Jones Giltner, Valerie (R) Nay
  • Lambert, Larry (D) Yea
  • Longhurst, Valerie (D) Yea
  • Lynn, Sean (D) Yea
  • Matthews, Sean (D) Nay
  • Minor-Brown, Melissa (D) Yea
  • Moore, Sherae'a (D) Yea
  • Morris, Shannon (R) Nay
  • Morrison, Eric (D) Yea
  • Neal, DeShanna (D) Yea
  • Osienski, Edward (D) Yea
  • Parker Selby, Stell (D) Yea
  • Phillips, Sophie (D) Yea
  • Postles, Charles (R) Nay
  • Ramone, Michael (R) Nay
  • Romer, Cyndie (D) Yea
  • Schwartzkopf, Peter (D) Yea
  • Short, Daniel (R) Nay
  • Shupe, Bryan (R) Nay
  • Smith, Michael (R) Absent
  • Spiegelman, Jeffrey (R) Nay
  • Vanderwende, Jesse (R) Nay
  • Williams, Kimberly (D) Yea
  • Wilson-Anton, Madinah (D) Absent
  • Yearick, Lyndon (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/14/2024 15 6 0 0 Yes
  • Brown, Darius (D) Yea
  • 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

Link: link to state bill page

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