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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO ILLEGAL PURCHASES OF FIREARMS. | This Act raises the first offense of purchasing or obtaining a firearm for someone not legally qualified to own, possess or purchase one from a Class F to a Class E Felony. This change is to deter such "straw purchases" by making jail time more likely for the offender, and consequently, to reduce the number of people who cannot legally possess firearms but obtain them in this manner. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 149 | HB 174 | Delaware HB 174 (149) |
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Delaware HB 174 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO ILLEGAL PURCHASES OF FIREARMS.
This Act raises the first offense of purchasing or obtaining a firearm for someone not legally qualified to own, possess or purchase one from a Class F to a Class E Felony. This change is to deter such "straw purchases" by making jail time more likely for the offender, and consequently, to reduce the number of people who cannot legally possess firearms but obtain them in this manner.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-05-16 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-03-08 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2018-03-09 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2018-03-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2018-03-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage - 2018-04-18 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec1de83e-7c1e-4e19-9ef2-7863d61c8c3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).