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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POSSESSION OF A WEAPON IN A SAFE SCHOOL AND RECREATION ZONE."
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description: "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."
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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 176"
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citation: "Delaware HB 176 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Hudson", "Gregory F. Lavelle", "James Johnson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-16"
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last_action: "2017-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64338572-4ee3-4a53-9614-8a923597764a"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25782"
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source_hash: "f02f348d1c22bf302ca544bdf647b95a4dee5dc60dfa94ada77d98b6bf2a4172"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=25782&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB176)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — primary (person)
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- James Johnson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — 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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- **2017-06-01** Amendment HA 1 to HB 176 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-29** Amendment HA 2 to HB 176 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-07-02** Amendment HA 1 to HB 176 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Amendment HA 2 to HB 176 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2017-07-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-09-29** 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/64338572-4ee3-4a53-9614-8a923597764a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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