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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "Delaware HB 423 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-13"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5500c84e-22d4-4635-9be8-1fe3716fc714"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109516"
source_hash: "4ee3f2a875902f839b5e6b060ba4ca9f171057857ae693e5f5deea439813fe8b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=109516&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB423)
2. **HA 1 to HB 423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=119661&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5500c84e-22d4-4635-9be8-1fe3716fc714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).