---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNDERAGE GAMBLING."
description: "This Act is designed to address underage gambling offenses under § 4810 of Title 29 in a more efficient way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Delaware HB 327 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Charles Potter Jr.", "John L. Mitchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab447484-3d53-48db-a8aa-1f61e24c8e0d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26329"
source_hash: "1630b89bb6c870203c0a9da4198c58a8637a7ca98f4da92156f8a986fe1e96f2"
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 327 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNDERAGE GAMBLING.

This Act is designed to address underage gambling offenses under § 4810 of Title 29 in a more efficient way.

## 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=26329&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB327)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **37–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-01** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 327 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 327 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-24** 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/ab447484-3d53-48db-a8aa-1f61e24c8e0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).