republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-53.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS.	Diwali is a 5-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the world. The dates for Diwali change each year, but it usually falls in October or November. Fireworks are an essential component of Diwali and the third day of Diwali is the height of the festival.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 53	Delaware SB 53 (150)	bill		enacted	Anthony Delcollo Gerald L. Brady Michael F. Smith Michael Ramone Nicole Poore	1	7	2	2019-03-19	2019-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/865c76eb-8be7-46b7-96af-79e068601022	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47227	4ce6ddf56fafb4af5ffabe64dc5e1ce67523984b52925c4fd40eff9c9c1b523f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 53 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS.

Diwali is a 5-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains across the world. The dates for Diwali change each year, but it usually falls in October or November. Fireworks are an essential component of Diwali and the third day of Diwali is the height of the festival.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-19 Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-03-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-04-04 Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-07 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/865c76eb-8be7-46b7-96af-79e068601022. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).