republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-30.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.	Unmanned aircraft systems are capable of introducing contraband into detention facilities without undergoing correctional officer inspections. This bill seeks to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) to introduce contraband into detention facilities. This bill makes it a class F felony to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband by use of a drone.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 30	Delaware HB 30 (150)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Paul S. Baumbach Stephen Smyk	2	10	2	2019-01-04	2019-08-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c8d1fa2e-9959-47c6-9c61-9b5697836003	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27057	7deba84a78ef9ba80c3d8420af0c177cddeb1bd9681fcae10a2c237b8e70a52a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 30 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

Unmanned aircraft systems are capable of introducing contraband into detention facilities without undergoing correctional officer inspections. This bill seeks to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) to introduce contraband into detention facilities. This bill makes it a class F felony to deliver or attempt to deliver contraband by use of a drone.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 30 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Jesse R. Vanderwende — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-04 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-04-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 30 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-06 Amendment HA 1 to HB 30 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-06-06 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-06-06 Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-30 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-07-01 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2019-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2019-08-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8d1fa2e-9959-47c6-9c61-9b5697836003. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).