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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS."
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description: "This bill allows ground-based and hand-held sparklers and certain other nonexplosive, nonairborne novelty items regulated by the federal government to be sold and used in the State. The bill does not legalize firecrackers, bottle rockets, aerials, or any other device that explodes or shoots into the air. The use of those items that may be sold only to persons 18 years of age and older is limited to July 4th and December 31st of each year and sales are limited to the 30 days prior to the allowable use day."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 53"
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citation: "Delaware HB 53 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave G. Lawson", "Joseph E. Miro"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-01-25"
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last_action: "2018-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c228842-1ff8-4a6a-86ba-9fea0a178045"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25424"
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source_hash: "995f0765778b3238e022dd4f56e2627c07e04f8f9d449a5835f3e762cfd7c4bc"
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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 53 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS.
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This bill allows ground-based and hand-held sparklers and certain other nonexplosive, nonairborne novelty items regulated by the federal government to be sold and used in the State. The bill does not legalize firecrackers, bottle rockets, aerials, or any other device that explodes or shoots into the air. The use of those items that may be sold only to persons 18 years of age and older is limited to July 4th and December 31st of each year and sales are limited to the 30 days prior to the allowable use day.
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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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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25424&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB53)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-25** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 53 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-01-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 53 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-25** Amendment HA 1 to HB 53 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-01-25** Amendment HA 2 to HB 53 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-01-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-09** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2018-04-19** Amendment SA 1 to HB 53 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-05-02** Amendment SA 1 to HB 53 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Amendment SA 2 to HB 53 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 2 NO 3 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-03** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-10** 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/1c228842-1ff8-4a6a-86ba-9fea0a178045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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