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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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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.
Votes
- SM — 14–6 (pass) · upper
- SM — 41–0 (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).