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SB 8 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS.

Summary
This Act defines machine gun as it is defined under federal law. Defining machine gun makes clear the types of weapons prohibited under Delaware law, including an auto sear, or “glock switch”, which transforms a semiautomatic gun into a machine gun. Additionally, this Act prohibits a person from making a destructive weapon, including a machine gun. Finally, this Act makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Jun 9, 2022 Signed Jun 30, 2022
Floor votes · House Jun 28, 2022

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Jun 30, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO
upper
Jun 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 8 NO 1 ABSENT
lower
Jun 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to SB 8 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 17, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Administration Committee in House
lower
Jun 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO
upper
Jun 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment SA 1 to SB 8 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
upper
Jun 16, 2022
Introduced
Amendment SA 1 to SB 8 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Jun 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 9, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
7 primary · 10 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
P
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
P
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
P
Photo of Tizzy Lockman
Tizzy Lockman
DDemocratic
DE
3
P
Photo of Val Longhurst
Val Longhurst
DDemocratic
DE
15
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
DE
25
Co
Photo of Kyle Gay
Kyle Gay
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa Minor-Brown
DDemocratic
DE
17
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
Photo of Sean Lynn
Sean Lynn
DDemocratic
DE
31
Co
Photo of Sean Matthews
Sean Matthews
DDemocratic
DE
10
Co
Photo of Trey Paradee
Trey Paradee
DDemocratic
DE
17