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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO A SAFE SCHOOL ZONE."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Delaware HB 311 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Sean Matthews"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d71b50b8-4494-4826-8d96-2e8bcf4d2f11"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140948"
source_hash: "1fe8822e293b5211a1bcadab288813b90b07b5d5c19a73e643b7451ee42db132"
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 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140948&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB311)
2. **HA 1 to HB 311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141252&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 2 to HB 311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141584&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **SA 1 to HB 311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141668&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d71b50b8-4494-4826-8d96-2e8bcf4d2f11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).