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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL PROCEDURES TO RELINQUISH FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION."
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description: "This bill changes the standard of proof necessary to issue a civil gun relinquishment order from the Justice of the Peace Court. The preponderance of the evidence standard is the standard traditionally used in civil matters and is, therefore, appropriate here. This also makes the standard consistent with that required for a Lethal Violence Protective Order, which is highly similar in nature."
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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: "SB 107"
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citation: "Delaware SB 107 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David Bentz"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-04"
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last_action: "2019-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7733aca-891b-47f9-8269-acfaf7266950"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47588"
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source_hash: "e3a3c464b8dad5277450ca80f78e19c60bdc56850a5543380a1e7af7a8e1a8bf"
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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 SB 107 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL PROCEDURES TO RELINQUISH FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION.
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This bill changes the standard of proof necessary to issue a civil gun relinquishment order from the Justice of the Peace Court. The preponderance of the evidence standard is the standard traditionally used in civil matters and is, therefore, appropriate here. This also makes the standard consistent with that required for a Lethal Violence Protective Order, which is highly similar in nature.
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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=47588&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB107)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47686&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-04** Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 107 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-19** Amendment SA 1 to SB 107 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-20** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage-unfavorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-07-17** 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/f7733aca-891b-47f9-8269-acfaf7266950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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