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66 lines
3.7 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WEAPONS."
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description: "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.”"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 4"
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citation: "Delaware HB 4 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Jeffrey N. Spiegelman", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-08-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2de630de-3d3c-46cd-a48a-d75a2aebe7c8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141761"
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source_hash: "53e6aa5cbe343aed9d97610c1729bb150fb4f1845edd8d7e86d1a6f9515e5974"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 4 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WEAPONS.
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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.”
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources & Energy Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources & Energy) in House with 1 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-08-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2de630de-3d3c-46cd-a48a-d75a2aebe7c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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