republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-63.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS.	This Act revises the crime of "unlawfully permitting a child access to a firearm," an existing class A misdemeanor under Delaware law. The offense is renamed "unsafe storage of a firearm" to place emphasis on firearm safety and proper storage. Under the revised statute, a crime is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly stores or leaves a loaded firearm where a minor or other person prohibited by law, or “unauthorized person,” can access the firearm, and the unauthorized person obtains the firearm. The unauthorized person’s use of the firearm to inflict serious physical injury or death is not an element of the offense, but is an aggravating factor. For the purposes of this offense, “stores and leaves” does not include when firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or another lawfully-authorized user.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 63	Delaware HB 63 (150)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz Laura V. Sturgeon Sean M. Lynn	2	10	3	2019-02-28	2019-06-06	openstates	ocd-bill/18910b4e-8a09-469a-a2f7-f9efbf5aa4fe	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47156	71856713b1e60c36f466d493f788e71e1bd943d0724777f9da24b1933a4931c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 63 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS.

This Act revises the crime of "unlawfully permitting a child access to a firearm," an existing class A misdemeanor under Delaware law. The offense is renamed "unsafe storage of a firearm" to place emphasis on firearm safety and proper storage. Under the revised statute, a crime is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly stores or leaves a loaded firearm where a minor or other person prohibited by law, or “unauthorized person,” can access the firearm, and the unauthorized person obtains the firearm. The unauthorized person’s use of the firearm to inflict serious physical injury or death is not an element of the offense, but is an aggravating factor. For the purposes of this offense, “stores and leaves” does not include when firearm is carried by or under the control of the owner or another lawfully-authorized user.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 2 to HB 63 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 22–19 (pass) · lower
• SM — 23–18 (pass) · lower
• SM — 13–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-28 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-03-26 Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 19 NO passage
• 2019-03-26 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-04-12 Amendment SA 1 to HB 63 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-17 Amendment SA 2 to HB 63 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2019-04-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO passage
• 2019-06-04 Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 18 NO passage
• 2019-06-06 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18910b4e-8a09-469a-a2f7-f9efbf5aa4fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).