republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-423.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11, 16, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR FIREARMS SALE, TRANSFER, OR CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT.	Federal law permits states to require federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to conduct background checks through a state agency, or point of contact, instead of directly through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 423	Delaware HB 423 (151)	bill		enacted	Andria L. Bennett Bruce C. Ennis David P. Sokola Gerald W. Hocker John L. Mitchell Kimberly Williams S. Elizabeth Lockman Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Stephanie T. Bolden Stephanie L. Hansen	2	13	2	2022-05-13	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/5500c84e-22d4-4635-9be8-1fe3716fc714	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109516	4ee3f2a875902f839b5e6b060ba4ca9f171057857ae693e5f5deea439813fe8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 423 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11, 16, 24, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR FIREARMS SALE, TRANSFER, OR CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT.

Federal law permits states to require federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to conduct background checks through a state agency, or point of contact, instead of directly through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

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 423 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-13 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-08 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 423 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 423 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-14 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2022-06-14 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-15 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5500c84e-22d4-4635-9be8-1fe3716fc714. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).