Delaware Senate Bill 39 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-29 - Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill would close the “gun show loophole” by requiring firearms vendors to have a licensed firearms dealer perform a background check prior to the sale, delivery or transfer of any firearm at a firearms show. For first offenses, firearms show vendors and licensed dealers who willfully and intentionally violate the law will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Additional offenses are a class G felony. Potential purchasers or transferees who willfully and intentionally make false statements or present false identification will be guilty of a class G felony.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Sale, Purchase, Delivery And Transfer Of Firearms At Firearms Shows.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]
Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Teresa Schooley [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Darryl Scott [D]
Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. D.E. Williams [D]	Rep. D.P. Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-29		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/812b26a65ce47af58525785b006f6f5b?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+39/$file/legis.html?open