---
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).