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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREARM PROCUREMENT."
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description: "This Act clarifies that the law-enforcement agency practice of purchasing firearms for that agency’s law-enforcement officers for use by the officers in their official duties is exempted from the requirements under §§ 1448A, 1448B, and 1448D of Title 11 under our State’s permit to purchase firearms laws."
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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: "SB 188"
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citation: "Delaware SB 188 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Franklin D. Cooke", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Stell Parker Selby"]
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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: "2025-06-18"
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last_action: "2026-01-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eb69a2a-5110-4ddf-ab27-85aafecc7d62"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142583"
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source_hash: "1b121605f22216976c68fc7a61cf3e2bccd26752a2886316b9eb132d4e400040"
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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 SB 188 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREARM PROCUREMENT.
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This Act clarifies that the law-enforcement agency practice of purchasing firearms for that agency’s law-enforcement officers for use by the officers in their official duties is exempted from the requirements under §§ 1448A, 1448B, and 1448D of Title 11 under our State’s permit to purchase firearms laws.
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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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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-18** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2026-01-14** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2026-01-30** 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/4eb69a2a-5110-4ddf-ab27-85aafecc7d62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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