republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-31.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A CERTAIN USE OF A HANDGUN.	This bill allows a hunter to use a handgun in lieu of a shotgun on farms permitted by DNREC through their Deer depredation programs to reduce agricultural crop damage.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 31	Delaware SB 31 (149)	bill		enacted	F. Gary Simpson William R. Outten	1	9	2	2017-03-16	2018-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/ccfbc029-a5e6-4ac1-94fb-186c3a63fad5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25461	67f010b4ede499503c3632bc1207b9311c32604aaebe8c929aa3517f641281e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 31 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A CERTAIN USE OF A HANDGUN.

This bill allows a hunter to use a handgun in lieu of a shotgun on farms permitted by DNREC through their Deer depredation programs to reduce agricultural crop damage.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
• William R. Outten — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-03-16 Introduced and Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2017-04-05 Amendment SA 1 to SB 31 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-06 Amendment SA 1 to SB 31 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2017-04-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-04-13 Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-03-29 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-04-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccfbc029-a5e6-4ac1-94fb-186c3a63fad5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).