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SB 107 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CIVIL PROCEDURES TO RELINQUISH FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION.

Summary
This bill changes the standard of proof necessary to issue a civil gun relinquishment order from the Justice of the Peace Court. The preponderance of the evidence standard is the standard traditionally used in civil matters and is, therefore, appropriate here. This also makes the standard consistent with that required for a Lethal Violence Protective Order, which is highly similar in nature.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Jun 4, 2019 Signed Jul 17, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 30, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jul 17, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
lower
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
lower
Jun 20, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
Jun 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 107 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Jun 12, 2019
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 107 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Jun 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 4, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate
upper
2 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
Co
EB
Ernesto B. Lopez
RRepublican
DE
6
Co
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
Photo of Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
DDemocratic
DE
1
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
SS
Stephen Smyk
RRepublican
DE
20