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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO ILLEGAL PURCHASES OF FIREARMS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 174"
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citation: "Delaware HB 174 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "John L. Mitchell"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-16"
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last_action: "2018-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec1de83e-7c1e-4e19-9ef2-7863d61c8c3d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25785"
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source_hash: "ef6587581ff9d229edefd31e8b3c1b7d87b02943297ef8796c2ae961857dde20"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 174 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 RELATING TO ILLEGAL PURCHASES OF FIREARMS.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25785&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB174)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-16** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-09** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec1de83e-7c1e-4e19-9ef2-7863d61c8c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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