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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS."
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description: "This Act defines machine gun as it is defined under federal law. Defining machine gun makes clear the types of weapons prohibited under Delaware law, including an auto sear, or “glock switch”, which transforms a semiautomatic gun into a machine gun."
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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: "SB 8"
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citation: "Delaware SB 8 (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", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "John L. Mitchell", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-06-09"
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last_action: "2022-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44cc2eeb-e326-496b-8557-7ad38e64fcec"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=119650"
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source_hash: "0ee219668ae2a3d4dd21fd9b6fb6d70e33c80357e9742973887738641cc14594"
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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 SB 8 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS.
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This Act defines machine gun as it is defined under federal law. Defining machine gun makes clear the types of weapons prohibited under Delaware law, including an auto sear, or “glock switch”, which transforms a semiautomatic gun into a machine gun.
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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=119650&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB8)
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2. **HA 1 to SB 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129857&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 1 to SB 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=129778&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **13–8** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **13–8** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **32–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — 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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- **2022-06-09** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 8 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-16** Amendment SA 1 to SB 8 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO `passage`
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- **2022-06-17** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to SB 8 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO `passage`
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- **2022-06-30** 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/44cc2eeb-e326-496b-8557-7ad38e64fcec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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