republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-270.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AMMUNITION.	This Act creates a civil penalty for any sale or display of ammunition that allows the ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. Ammunition in an enclosed display case, behind a counter or other customer access preventing device is not considered accessible for purposes of this section.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 270	Delaware HB 270 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kimberly Williams Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	7	2	2024-03-21	2024-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/ec172b51-6609-43fe-847c-12f630f781ac	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141115	4aeb7645ac049bd1d6e4f16bf1245bf9487fd4b387e7c5c5030f94dc6c97e13c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 270 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11 AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AMMUNITION.

This Act creates a civil penalty for any sale or display of ammunition that allows the ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor. Ammunition in an enclosed display case, behind a counter or other customer access preventing device is not considered accessible for purposes of this section.

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 HS 1 for HB 270 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 27–9 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-21 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 270 introduction
• 2024-04-18 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-04-18 Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 9 NO 5 ABSENT passage
• 2024-04-18 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-22 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-26 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/ec172b51-6609-43fe-847c-12f630f781ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).