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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OR PURCHASE OF DEADLY WEAPONS BY PERSONS PROHIBITED. This Act prohibits a person who is the subject of a Protection from Abuse Order of the Family Court and who knows or has reason to know, that the Order has been issued from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition for a firearm in this State. This Act also prohibits the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant, active indictment or information related to a felony or misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from purchasing a firearm. The subject of the pending criminal process must know or have reason to know that the process is pending in order for the prohibition to apply. This Act also makes technical changes to the existing law to make it conform to the Legislative Drafting Manual. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 124 Delaware HB 124 (151)
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Krista Griffith
Laura V. Sturgeon
Stephanie T. Bolden
Valerie Longhurst
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Delaware HB 124 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OR PURCHASE OF DEADLY WEAPONS BY PERSONS PROHIBITED.

This Act prohibits a person who is the subject of a Protection from Abuse Order of the Family Court and who knows or has reason to know, that the Order has been issued from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition for a firearm in this State. This Act also prohibits the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant, active indictment or information related to a felony or misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from purchasing a firearm. The subject of the pending criminal process must know or have reason to know that the process is pending in order for the prohibition to apply. This Act also makes technical changes to the existing law to make it conform to the Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
  2. HA 1 to HB 124 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 146 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 410 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
  • Krista Griffith — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
  • Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
  • David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
  • David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
  • John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
  • Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-18 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-18 Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-04-20 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-06 Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2021-05-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 124 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-18 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
  • 2021-05-18 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-10 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2021-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING passage
  • 2021-10-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca661c92-9e75-4180-b2dc-fdf9f6c4841a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).