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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIREARMS. Section 1 of this bill establishes the crimes of possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver with no serial number, possession of and manufacturing a covert or undetectable firearm, possession of and manufacturing an untraceable firearm, and manufacturing or distributing a firearm using a three-dimensional printer. This bill also makes it a crime to possess a firearm frame or receiver with a removed, obliterated, or altered serial number. This bill makes very limited exceptions to the requirement that certain guns have serial numbers which are: (1) Firearms manufactured before 1968; (2) Muzzle loaders that only use black powder, and antique replicas. Finally, this bill makes clear that § 1463 of Title 11 concerning untraceable firearms does not apply to members of the military forces or members of a police force in this State duly authorized to carry an untraceable firearm, and does not apply to the manufacture or importation for sale to a law-enforcement or military entity in this State. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 125 Delaware HB 125 (151)
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David P. Sokola
Debra Heffernan
John L. Mitchell
Melissa Minor-Brown
Nicole Poore
Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Sarah McBride
Sean M. Lynn
Sherry Dorsey Walker
Valerie Longhurst
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Delaware HB 125 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Section 1 of this bill establishes the crimes of possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver with no serial number, possession of and manufacturing a covert or undetectable firearm, possession of and manufacturing an untraceable firearm, and manufacturing or distributing a firearm using a three-dimensional printer. This bill also makes it a crime to possess a firearm frame or receiver with a removed, obliterated, or altered serial number. This bill makes very limited exceptions to the requirement that certain guns have serial numbers which are: (1) Firearms manufactured before 1968; (2) Muzzle loaders that only use black powder, and antique replicas. Finally, this bill makes clear that § 1463 of Title 11 concerning untraceable firearms does not apply to members of the military forces or members of a police force in this State duly authorized to carry an untraceable firearm, and does not apply to the manufacture or importation for sale to a law-enforcement or military entity in this State.

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 125 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 138 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 2318 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • David P. Sokola — primary (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
  • John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
  • Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
  • Nicole Poore — primary (person)
  • Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
  • David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
  • John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
  • Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
  • Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
  • Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-11 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-16 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 125 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2021-05-17 Amendment HA 2 to HB 125 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2021-05-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 125 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-20 Amendment HA 2 to HB 125 - Defeated By House. Votes: 18 YES 23 NO amendment-failure
  • 2021-05-20 Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 18 NO passage
  • 2021-05-20 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 Amendment SA 1 to HB 125 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2021-06-15 Amendment SA 1 to HB 125 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 8 YES 13 NO amendment-failure
  • 2021-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO passage
  • 2021-10-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5e923b1-b97f-4ddd-b2d3-c7352a80e70f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).