republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-55.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GUN SHOP PROJECT.	In 2009, New Hampshire was the first state to develop a statewide "Gun Shop Project," reaching out to gun shops regarding the role they can play in suicide prevention. In the years since, at least 21 other states have implemented similar campaigns. This Act establishes the Delaware Gun Shop Project.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 55	Delaware HB 55 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Kimberly Williams Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	9	2	2020-12-18	2021-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/6ad360c4-f399-493d-92cf-b364208e147c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48238	8e8332b49e4d266aa47926fdf44ddf82bd94c90f295e86a42770dbf2f718792d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 55 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GUN SHOP PROJECT.

In 2009, New Hampshire was the first state to develop a statewide "Gun Shop Project," reaching out to gun shops regarding the role they can play in suicide prevention. In the years since, at least 21 other states have implemented similar campaigns. This Act establishes the Delaware Gun Shop Project.

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 55 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-18 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 55 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-01-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 55 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2021-01-27 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-01-28 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ad360c4-f399-493d-92cf-b364208e147c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).