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HB345 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPONS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPONS.

Firearms
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Cooke
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
House Judiciary 4/9/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide information on how the public will be informed about concealed weapon license applications after this requirement is removed, leaving this as an open question.

Removing Requirement for Publishing Concealed Weapon License Applications

The bill changes Delaware law by removing the need to publish in newspapers the names and addresses of people applying for licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the requirement that applications for concealed weapon licenses be published in local newspapers.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People applying for concealed weapon licenses in Delaware
  • Local newspapers that previously published such applications

Terms To Know

Prothonotary
A court official responsible for managing the administrative functions of a Superior Court.
Superior Court
The highest trial court in Delaware, handling serious criminal cases and civil disputes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens to existing publication requirements for other types of licenses or permits.
  • It is unclear if there are any new privacy concerns addressed by this change.
  • The bill does not mention how the public will be informed about concealed weapon license applications after this requirement is removed.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Delaware General Assembly

    Not Worked in Committee

  2. 2026-04-09 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPONS.
This Act removes the requirement that the name and residence of each person that applies for a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon be published in a newspaper.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Cooke & Sen. Brown

Sens. Pettyjohn, Pinkney

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 345

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED DEADLY WEAPONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 1441, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows and redesignating accordingly:

§ 1441. License to carry concealed deadly weapons.

(b)

The Prothonotary of the county in which any applicant for a license files the same shall cause notice of every such application to be published once, at least 10 days before the next term of the Superior Court. The publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. In making such publication it shall be sufficient for the Prothonotary to do the same as a list in alphabetical form stating therein simply the name and residence of each applicant respectively.

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Repealed.

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SYNOPSIS

This Act removes the requirement that the name and residence of each person that applies for a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon be published in a newspaper.