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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO OFFENSES INVOLVING DEADLY WEAPONS AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Delaware HB 155 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Kendra Johnson", "Krista Griffith", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-12"
last_action: "2024-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f1b56ed-31da-420d-8d40-5f90ff7db621"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140387"
source_hash: "2e860e1f3706572f8d1e0777f9ed13ed1fd7f09ba9701f71a8b521dc209ed258"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140387&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB155)
2. **HA 1 to HA 3 to HB 155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140742&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 3 to HB 155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140732&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **HA 4 to HB 155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141583&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
5. **SA 1 to HB 155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140788&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f1b56ed-31da-420d-8d40-5f90ff7db621`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).