This amendment clarifies that the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners and firearm transactions is expressly prohibited.

Firearms

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Spiegelman
Last action: 2026-06-25
Official status: Stricken 6/25/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendment Prohibiting Firearm Registration Systems

This amendment states that the state cannot create any system to register guns, gun owners, or gun sales.

What This Bill Does

Creates a new law section called § 953B titled 'Registration Prohibited'.
Stops the state and its agencies from making systems to list firearms, owners, transactions, or dispositions.
Allows an exception only for people who are legally banned from owning guns under Chapter 5 of Title 11.
Removes duplicate language about record-keeping that already exists in House Bill 141.

Who It Names or Affects

The state government and its agencies
Firearms owners who are not legally prohibited from owning guns

Terms To Know

Registration system: A list or database that tracks specific items, people, or events.
Disposition: The act of selling, giving away, or transferring a firearm to someone else.

Limits and Unknowns

This amendment was stricken in the House on June 25, 2026.
No effective date is listed because the bill did not pass its final stage of review shown here.

Bill History

2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly
Stricken in House
2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly
Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This amendment clarifies that the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners and firearm transactions is expressly prohibited. This amendment is consistent with the current prohibition against the establishment of such registration systems currently contained in 24 Del. C. § 904.
Section 6 of the federal Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 contains an almost identical prohibition against the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearm owners or firearms transactions or dispositions. See 18 USC § 926 (a)(3).
This amendment ensures that Delaware law is consistent with federal law.
Additionally, this amendment deletes language that is duplicative of provisions in House Bill 141 requiring a licensee to maintain certain records relating to acquisitions of and dispositions of firearms.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Spiegelman

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 6

SENATE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 300

AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 300 by deleting lines 254 through 270 in their entirety.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 300 by inserting after line 427 the following:

“

§ 953B. Registration Prohibited

Nothing in this Chapter, or any other chapter or section of the Code, authorizes or permits the state, or any agency, department, or instrumentality thereof to establish any system for the registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearm transactions or dispositions except with respect to persons prohibited from receiving a firearm under Chapter 5 of Title 11.

”

FURTHER AMEND Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 300 on lines 491 and 493 by deleting the phrase:

“

11.

11 and with respect to the sales or transfers of firearms under §§ 916B and 920B of this Title

” and inserting in lieu thereof the numeral “

”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment clarifies that the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners and firearm transactions is expressly prohibited. This amendment is consistent with the current prohibition against the establishment of such registration systems currently contained in 24 Del. C. § 904.

Section 6 of the federal Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 contains an almost identical prohibition against the establishment of any system of registration of firearms, firearm owners or firearms transactions or dispositions. See 18 USC § 926 (a)(3).

This amendment ensures that Delaware law is consistent with federal law.

Additionally, this amendment deletes language that is duplicative of provisions in House Bill 141 requiring a licensee to maintain certain records relating to acquisitions of and dispositions of firearms.