republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-202.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AT A POLLING PLACE.	This Act limits those individuals who may possess a firearm at a polling place on an Election Day to the following: (1) law enforcement officers, (2) commissioned security guards acting in their official capacity, (3) constables acting in their official capacity, and (4) active-duty members of the United States Armed Forces and Delaware National Guard acting in their official capacity. This Act is applicable to any in-person election held under Title 15, any local school election held under Title 14, and any municipal election held in accordance with the municipality's charter, ordinance, or code, and includes locations designated for early voting. This Act also provides an exemption for individuals who reside or visit private property adjacent to a polling place, or who are traveling from private property to another location.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 202	Delaware HB 202 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	9	2	2023-06-02	2023-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e066507c-bed6-4bd1-ab0e-a0974efa5a83	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140510	a2d1f543976fd4f94229a2cd2c3dd8959a7832f3773991fd57f2927057a6e180	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 202 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AT A POLLING PLACE.

This Act limits those individuals who may possess a firearm at a polling place on an Election Day to the following: (1) law enforcement officers, (2) commissioned security guards acting in their official capacity, (3) constables acting in their official capacity, and (4) active-duty members of the United States Armed Forces and Delaware National Guard acting in their official capacity. This Act is applicable to any in-person election held under Title 15, any local school election held under Title 14, and any municipal election held in accordance with the municipality's charter, ordinance, or code, and includes locations designated for early voting. This Act also provides an exemption for individuals who reside or visit private property adjacent to a polling place, or who are traveling from private property to another location.

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 HB 202 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–4 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-02 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-08 Amendment HA 1 to HB 202 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-08 Amendment HA 1 to HB 202 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-08 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-08 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 5 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-08-18 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e066507c-bed6-4bd1-ab0e-a0974efa5a83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).