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HA1TOHB123 • 2025

This amendment clarifies that the prohibited action is discharging a firearm “towards” rather than “at” certain buildings or vehicles.

This amendment clarifies that the prohibited action is discharging a firearm “towards” rather than “at” certain buildings or vehicles.

Education Firearms
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Chukwuocha
Last action
2025-06-17
Official status
Passed 6/17/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is missing from all provided source materials.

Amendment on Discharging Firearms Towards Buildings

This amendment changes a law to ban shooting firearms towards specific buildings or vehicles instead of just at them, and it adds schools and colleges to the list of protected places.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the word 'at' to 'towards' in the rule about firing guns near certain locations.
  • Adds schools to the list of places where discharging a firearm is prohibited.
  • Adds institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, to the list of protected targets.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who discharge firearms towards dwellings, places of worship, vehicles, businesses, schools, or colleges.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not state the specific date when this law will take effect.
  • The source material describes changes to House Bill No. 123 but does not include the full original text of that bill.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

  2. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This amendment clarifies that the prohibited action is discharging a firearm “towards” rather than “at” certain buildings or vehicles. It also adds schools and institutions of higher education to the list of targets prohibited by this section.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Chukwuocha

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 123

AMEND House Bill No. 123 by deleting line 3 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“

§ 1460A. Discharging a firearm towards a dwelling, place of worship, vehicle, place of business, school, or institution of higher learning.

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 123 by deleting “

at

” as it appears on line 4 and inserting in lieu thereof “

towards

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 123 by inserting after line 8 and before line 9 the following:

“

(5) A school.

(6) An institution of higher education.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment clarifies that the prohibited action is discharging a firearm “towards” rather than “at” certain buildings or vehicles. It also adds schools and institutions of higher education to the list of targets prohibited by this section.