---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS."
description: "This Substitute Act creates the Delaware Large-Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act of 2022, which does the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Delaware SB 6 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "John L. Mitchell", "Laura V. Sturgeon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-06-07"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3ac0d61-de9c-4be3-a28a-bcabfd97ad8b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109623"
source_hash: "07ed2aa23d32d5bf57f2734943d0b072f3977315e5cdf7f182e2fd0d9eec2cd3"
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 SB 6 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS.

This Substitute Act creates the Delaware Large-Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act of 2022, which does the following:

## 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/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=561830)
2. **HA 3 to SS 1 for SB 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129775&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **13–8** (pass) · upper
- SM — **23–18** (pass) · lower
- SM — **13–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 6 `introduction`
- **2022-06-07** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-07** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 13 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2022-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 7 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-06-16** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2022-06-16** Amendment HA 3 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-16** Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 18 NO `passage`
- **2022-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO `passage`
- **2022-06-30** 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/b3ac0d61-de9c-4be3-a28a-bcabfd97ad8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).