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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS."
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description: "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."
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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 53"
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citation: "Delaware SB 53 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "Gerald L. Brady", "Michael F. Smith", "Michael Ramone", "Nicole Poore"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-19"
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last_action: "2019-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/865c76eb-8be7-46b7-96af-79e068601022"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47227"
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source_hash: "4ce6ddf56fafb4af5ffabe64dc5e1ce67523984b52925c4fd40eff9c9c1b523f"
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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 53 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS.
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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.
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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=47227&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB53)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-19** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2019-05-07** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-20** 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/865c76eb-8be7-46b7-96af-79e068601022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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