republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-311.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A SAFE SCHOOL ZONE.	In many states acts of violence have been committed with the use of firearms on college and university campuses that have resulted in both injury and death to students and faculty. This Act adds post-secondary colleges and universities to the Safe School Zone criminal offense so that any person who knowingly possesses a firearm, as defined in Title 11, while in or on a college or university facility or campus may be charged with this additional offense. The same exceptions set forth in the statute will apply to a college or university.This Act also adds commissioned security guards to the categories of individuals who may possess a firearm while acting in their official capacity within a Safe School Zone. A person convicted under this section will be guilty of a Class E felony. This Act also makes a technical correction to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 311	Delaware HB 311 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Paul S. Baumbach Sean Matthews	4	14	3	2024-02-29	2024-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/d71b50b8-4494-4826-8d96-2e8bcf4d2f11	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140948	1fe8822e293b5211a1bcadab288813b90b07b5d5c19a73e643b7451ee42db132	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 311 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A SAFE SCHOOL ZONE.

In many states acts of violence have been committed with the use of firearms on college and university campuses that have resulted in both injury and death to students and faculty. This Act adds post-secondary colleges and universities to the Safe School Zone criminal offense so that any person who knowingly possesses a firearm, as defined in Title 11, while in or on a college or university facility or campus may be charged with this additional offense. The same exceptions set forth in the statute will apply to a college or university.This Act also adds commissioned security guards to the categories of individuals who may possess a firearm while acting in their official capacity within a Safe School Zone. A person convicted under this section will be guilty of a Class E felony. This Act also makes a technical correction to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

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 311 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 2 to HB 311 (committee substitute) — source
4. SA 1 to HB 311 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 27–14 (pass) · lower
• SM — 24–16 (pass) · lower
• SM — 15–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-29 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Amendment HA 1 to HB 311 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-24 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 2 to HB 311 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 1 to HB 311 - Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 2 to HB 311 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 16 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-25 Amendment SA 1 to HB 311 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-26 Amendment SA 1 to HB 311 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO amendment-passage
• 2024-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 14 NO passage
• 2024-08-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d71b50b8-4494-4826-8d96-2e8bcf4d2f11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).