Delaware House Bill 450 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Passed on June 30 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-06-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

The Delaware Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022 prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of assault weapons in Delaware, subject to certain exceptions. One exception is that the Act does not prohibit the possession and transport of firearms that were lawfully possessed or purchased before the effective date of this Act; although for these firearms there are certain restrictions relating to their possession and transport after the effective date of this Act. There are also exceptions for law-enforcement and military personnel in the course of their official duties, and a limited exception for retired law-enforcement personnel. Finally, a person lawfully in possession of an assault weapon prior to the passage of this Act may lawfully transfer the weapon to a member of their family, through inheritance or otherwise.

An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To Deadly Weapons.

Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. David Bentz [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]	Rep. Charles Freel [D]
Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]
Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

2022-06-16 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-09 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 22 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-06-30		Signed by Governor
2022-06-16		Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO
2022-06-16		Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
2022-06-15		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2022-06-15		Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2022-06-09		Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
2022-06-09		Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 19 NO
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 2 to HB 450 - Defeated By House. Votes: 19 YES 22 NO
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 1 to HB 450 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 2 to HB 450 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-06-09		Amendment HA 1 to HB 450 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable
2022-06-08		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2022-06-08		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-06-02		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109607
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109607&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB450
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=572042
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53388
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53542