republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 24, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS."
description: "This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. Like Senate Bill No. 2 this Act does all of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Delaware SB 2 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1abd33e9-10f1-4cbf-be5b-38d734be839d"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130284"
source_hash: "cb8cc723b244e39e4d9df2c8e586b48c0004fdffa741d18754d73c2e38707a7f"
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 SB 2 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 24, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS.

This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 2. Like Senate Bill No. 2 this Act does all of the following:

## 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=130284&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB2)
2. **HA 10 to SS 1 for SB 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141012&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **HA 11 to SS 1 for SB 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141018&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
4. **HA 2 to SS 1 for SB 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140819&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
5. **HA 6 to SS 1 for SB 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140992&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
- SM — **23–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 2, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-18** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-14** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-04** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 3 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 6 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 4 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 5 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 7 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 8 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 9 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 2 to SS 1 - Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 4 NO 8 NOT VOTING `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 3 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 16 YES 24 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 1 to HA 4 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 5 to SS 1 - Stricken in House
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 4 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 19 YES 22 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 6 to SS 1 - Passed By House. Votes: 22 YES 19 NO `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 7 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 25 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 8 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 15 YES 23 NO 3 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 9 to SS 1 - Defeated By House. Votes: 14 YES 23 NO 4 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 10 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment HA 11 to SS 1 - Passed By House. Votes: 24 YES 15 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 16 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 3 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 4 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 5 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 6 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 7 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 8 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 9 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 10 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 11 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 12 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 13 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 14 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-13** Amendment SA 15 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 3 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 4 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 5 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 14 NO 1 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 6 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 7 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 8 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 9 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 10 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 11 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 12 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 13 to SS 1 - Stricken in Senate
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 14 to SS 1 - Defeated By Senate. Votes: 6 YES 15 NO `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-14** Amendment SA 15 to SS 1 - Stricken in Senate
- **2024-03-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
- **2024-05-16** 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/1abd33e9-10f1-4cbf-be5b-38d734be839d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).