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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 242, VOLUME 81 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS."
+description: "This bill removes the 3 year sunset provision that was part of House Bill No. 53, as amended, enacted on May 10, 2018 of the 149th General Assembly. This will allow the on-going use of certain ground-based and hand-held sparklers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "HB 247"
+citation: "Delaware HB 247 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Michael F. Smith", "Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-25"
+last_action: "2019-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc9a047a-3727-435a-bc8b-6b4df6492ad1"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47818"
+source_hash: "ffa391c34f5332be71bf6518b4138d1222809599e1036ab421c769cec80df2fe"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 247 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 242, VOLUME 81 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS.
+
+This bill removes the 3 year sunset provision that was part of House Bill No. 53, as amended, enacted on May 10, 2018 of the 149th General Assembly. This will allow the on-going use of certain ground-based and hand-held sparklers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47818&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB247)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **17–4** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David B. McBride — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-25** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
+- **2019-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO `passage`
+- **2019-07-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc9a047a-3727-435a-bc8b-6b4df6492ad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+