republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-176.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POSSESSION OF A WEAPON IN A SAFE SCHOOL AND RECREATION ZONE.	This bill gives local school boards or charter school boards more discretion on a case by case basis to suspend students for the possession of a deadly weapon other than a firearm in a Safe School or Recreation Zone. This bill is the result of a case in the Brandywine School District.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 176	Delaware HB 176 (149)	bill		enacted	Deborah Hudson Gregory F. Lavelle James Johnson	1	9	2	2017-05-16	2017-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/64338572-4ee3-4a53-9614-8a923597764a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25782	f02f348d1c22bf302ca544bdf647b95a4dee5dc60dfa94ada77d98b6bf2a4172	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 176 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POSSESSION OF A WEAPON IN A SAFE SCHOOL AND RECREATION ZONE.

This bill gives local school boards or charter school boards more discretion on a case by case basis to suspend students for the possession of a deadly weapon other than a firearm in a Safe School or Recreation Zone. This bill is the result of a case in the Brandywine School District.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
• James Johnson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — 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
• 2017-06-01 Amendment HA 1 to HB 176 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-29 Amendment HA 2 to HB 176 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-02 Amendment HA 1 to HB 176 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-07-02 Amendment HA 2 to HB 176 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-09-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64338572-4ee3-4a53-9614-8a923597764a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).