republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-302.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIREARMS.	This Act is named for Keshall “KeKe” Anderson. KeKe was an innocent bystander who was killed in a 2016 shooting involving a firearm purchased through a straw purchase. In 2019, in a lawsuit by KeKe’s family against the dealer of the firearm involved in her death, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s decision interpreting § 1448A of Title 11 of the Delaware Code to grant a firearm dealer full immunity from liability, even if the firearm dealer is negligent in selling a firearm to a straw purchaser. See Summers v. Cabela’s Wholesale, Inc., 2019 Del. Super. LEXIS 156 (Del. Super. 2019), aff’d, Summers v. Cabela’s Wholesale, Inc., 2019 Del. LEXIS 524 (Del. 2019).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 302	Delaware SB 302 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz David P. Sokola John L. Mitchell Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst	1	9	2	2022-06-09	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/88521671-470e-4b6d-914f-e2bef8cdaff3	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129672	9fdf7ecb6117192f04a81edeb17e7365a64e8d448fb6c584eab3cc05c92c8f52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 302 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIREARMS.

This Act is named for Keshall “KeKe” Anderson. KeKe was an innocent bystander who was killed in a 2016 shooting involving a firearm purchased through a straw purchase. In 2019, in a lawsuit by KeKe’s family against the dealer of the firearm involved in her death, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s decision interpreting § 1448A of Title 11 of the Delaware Code to grant a firearm dealer full immunity from liability, even if the firearm dealer is negligent in selling a firearm to a straw purchaser. See Summers v. Cabela’s Wholesale, Inc., 2019 Del. Super. LEXIS 156 (Del. Super. 2019), aff’d, Summers v. Cabela’s Wholesale, Inc., 2019 Del. LEXIS 524 (Del. 2019).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 13–8 (pass) · upper
• SM — 23–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Charles "Bud" M. Freel — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-09 Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO passage
• 2022-06-17 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-28 Amendment HA 1 to SB 302 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-06-28 Amendment HA 1 to SB 302 - Defeated By House. Votes: 17 YES 24 NO amendment-failure
• 2022-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 18 NO passage
• 2022-06-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88521671-470e-4b6d-914f-e2bef8cdaff3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).