republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-155.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFENSES INVOLVING DEADLY WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS.	This bill makes the unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container, a firearms rack that is on the motor vehicle, or locked in the trunk. This bill also provides that compliance with unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle is a defense to carrying a concealed deadly weapon.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 155	Delaware HB 155 (152)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown David P. Sokola Kendra Johnson Krista Griffith Paul S. Baumbach Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Valerie Longhurst William Bush	5	24	4	2023-05-12	2024-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/4f1b56ed-31da-420d-8d40-5f90ff7db621	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140387	2e860e1f3706572f8d1e0777f9ed13ed1fd7f09ba9701f71a8b521dc209ed258	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 155 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFENSES INVOLVING DEADLY WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS.

This bill makes the unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle a class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container, a firearms rack that is on the motor vehicle, or locked in the trunk. This bill also provides that compliance with unsafe storage of a firearm in a vehicle is a defense to carrying a concealed deadly weapon.

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 HA 3 to HB 155 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 3 to HB 155 (committee substitute) — source
4. HA 4 to HB 155 (committee substitute) — source
5. SA 1 to HB 155 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper
• SM — 24–13 (pass) · lower
• SM — 25–16 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-12 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-22 Amendment HA 2 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-26 Amendment HA 1 to HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 3 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 155 - Stricken in House
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 2 to HB 155 - Stricken in House
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HA 2 - Stricken in House
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HA 3 - Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 15 NO 2 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2023-06-27 Amendment HA 3 to HB 155 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 13 NO 1 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-28 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-30 Amendment SA 1 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-30 Amendment SA 1 to HB 155 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO amendment-passage
• 2023-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 4 to HB 155 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-18 Amendment HA 4 to HB 155 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 NO passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2024-08-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f1b56ed-31da-420d-8d40-5f90ff7db621. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).