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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 30"
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citation: "Delaware HB 30 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Stephen Smyk"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-04"
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last_action: "2019-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8d1fa2e-9959-47c6-9c61-9b5697836003"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27057"
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source_hash: "7deba84a78ef9ba80c3d8420af0c177cddeb1bd9681fcae10a2c237b8e70a52a"
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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 30 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
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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.
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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=27057&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB30)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47379&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Jesse R. Vanderwende — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-04** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 30 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 30 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-07-01** Suspension of Rules in Senate
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- **2019-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2019-08-08** 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/c8d1fa2e-9959-47c6-9c61-9b5697836003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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