republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-4.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WEAPONS.	This Act amends Chapters 1, 5, 7, and 17 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code to be consistent with the recent legislative change of the definition of a firearm in Title 11. This Act is needed to address public safety and enforcement concerns. Archery equipment and air guns are no longer classified as firearms and the proposed amendments would continue to make certain actions and activities with these “projectile weapons” prohibited, such as having these weapons loaded or discharged from a vehicle, road, or within a designated safety zone. The Act recognizes that there are certain actions and activities with “projectile weapons,” that should continue to be prohibited even though they are no longer classified as “firearms.”	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 4	Delaware HB 4 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Jeffrey N. Spiegelman William J. Carson	0	7	2	2025-01-09	2025-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/2de630de-3d3c-46cd-a48a-d75a2aebe7c8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141761	53e6aa5cbe343aed9d97610c1729bb150fb4f1845edd8d7e86d1a6f9515e5974	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 4 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WEAPONS.

This Act amends Chapters 1, 5, 7, and 17 of Title 7 of the Delaware Code to be consistent with the recent legislative change of the definition of a firearm in Title 11. This Act is needed to address public safety and enforcement concerns. Archery equipment and air guns are no longer classified as firearms and the proposed amendments would continue to make certain actions and activities with these “projectile weapons” prohibited, such as having these weapons loaded or discharged from a vehicle, road, or within a designated safety zone. The Act recognizes that there are certain actions and activities with “projectile weapons,” that should continue to be prohibited even though they are no longer classified as “firearms.”

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 36–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-09 Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2025-03-18 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-08-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2de630de-3d3c-46cd-a48a-d75a2aebe7c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).