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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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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.
Votes
- SM — 13–8 (pass) · upper
- SM — 23–18 (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).