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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS."
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description: "This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 228. This Act achieves the intent of Senate Bill No. 228 by providing an exception to the general prohibition against semiautomatic pistols that have the ability to accept detachable ammunition magazines that attach at some location other than the pistol grip. This exception permits such a characteristic in the limited circumstance of using a rimfire pistol for competitive shooting or for practice shooting in preparation for competitive shooting. The characteristic is still prohibited outright for any centerfire pistols."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 228"
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citation: "Delaware SB 228 (152)"
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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", "Bryan Townsend", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Jesse R. Vanderwende", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Shannon Morris", "Stell Parker Selby"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-05-14"
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last_action: "2024-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f92acac3-ee78-4fc1-8391-0865ccbc5a56"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141380"
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source_hash: "c4c68179da849f7fcb68500a8885fb661ed3591ecf6cc34ad78e58df857e69e5"
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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 228 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS.
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This Act is a substitute for Senate Bill No. 228. This Act achieves the intent of Senate Bill No. 228 by providing an exception to the general prohibition against semiautomatic pistols that have the ability to accept detachable ammunition magazines that attach at some location other than the pistol grip. This exception permits such a characteristic in the limited circumstance of using a rimfire pistol for competitive shooting or for practice shooting in preparation for competitive shooting. The characteristic is still prohibited outright for any centerfire pistols.
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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=141380&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB228)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Shannon Morris — 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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- **2024-05-14** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 228, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-22** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-06** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-07-17** 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/f92acac3-ee78-4fc1-8391-0865ccbc5a56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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