republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-450.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS.	The Delaware Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022 prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of assault weapons in Delaware, subject to certain exceptions. One exception is that the Act does not prohibit the possession and transport of firearms that were lawfully possessed or purchased before the effective date of this Act; although for these firearms there are certain restrictions relating to their possession and transport after the effective date of this Act. There are also exceptions for law-enforcement and military personnel in the course of their official duties, and a limited exception for retired law-enforcement personnel. Finally, a person lawfully in possession of an assault weapon prior to the passage of this Act may lawfully transfer the weapon to a member of their family, through inheritance or otherwise.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 450	Delaware HB 450 (151)	bill		enacted	John L. Mitchell Krista Griffith Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Sean M. Lynn Sherry Dorsey Walker Stephanie T. Bolden Valerie Longhurst	2	15	2	2022-06-02	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/e36699b6-9a6a-4bd4-9e36-d619ff35d401	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109607	292f90581175f622e1046930d8b6037f6245af3b2b57c1ba42a9130a6b338eeb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 450 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS.

The Delaware Lethal Firearms Safety Act of 2022 prohibits the manufacture, sale, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receipt, possession, or transport of assault weapons in Delaware, subject to certain exceptions. One exception is that the Act does not prohibit the possession and transport of firearms that were lawfully possessed or purchased before the effective date of this Act; although for these firearms there are certain restrictions relating to their possession and transport after the effective date of this Act. There are also exceptions for law-enforcement and military personnel in the course of their official duties, and a limited exception for retired law-enforcement personnel. Finally, a person lawfully in possession of an assault weapon prior to the passage of this Act may lawfully transfer the weapon to a member of their family, through inheritance or otherwise.

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 450 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 13–8 (pass) · upper
• SM — 22–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Charles "Bud" M. Freel — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 2 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 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits, 2 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 450 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 2 to HB 450 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 1 to HB 450 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2022-06-09 Amendment HA 2 to HB 450 - Defeated By House. Votes: 19 YES 22 NO amendment-failure
• 2022-06-09 Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 19 NO passage
• 2022-06-09 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 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, 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-06-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO passage
• 2022-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e36699b6-9a6a-4bd4-9e36-d619ff35d401. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).