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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS."
description: "This bill makes a technical correction to House Bill 53 enacted earlier this session. It would make the original intent clear that these firework devices can be sold and used on July 4, December 31, and January 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Delaware HB 445 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave G. Lawson", "Joseph E. Miro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-06"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840b11d7-932f-4572-9756-fd0e327e01b9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26755"
source_hash: "6c26ca6b70955dc9fabc61bee20ccedfb13344bf42f8596235b25401b44a7351"
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 HB 445 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS.
This bill makes a technical correction to House Bill 53 enacted earlier this session. It would make the original intent clear that these firework devices can be sold and used on July 4, December 31, and January 1.
## 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/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26755&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB445)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-06-06** Introduced in House and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee `introduction`
- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-21** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Rules Suspended in Senate
- **2018-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-28** 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/840b11d7-932f-4572-9756-fd0e327e01b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).