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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GUN SHOP PROJECT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 55"
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citation: "Delaware HB 55 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Kimberly Williams", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-18"
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last_action: "2021-06-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad360c4-f399-493d-92cf-b364208e147c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48238"
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source_hash: "8e8332b49e4d266aa47926fdf44ddf82bd94c90f295e86a42770dbf2f718792d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 55 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GUN SHOP PROJECT.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48238&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB55)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48328&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-18** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-01-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 55 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-01-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 55 - Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ad360c4-f399-493d-92cf-b364208e147c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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