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HCR50 • 2025

HONORING DELAWARE MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD AS A RESULT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

HONORING DELAWARE MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD AS A RESULT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Gorman
Last action
2025-05-08
Official status
Passed 5/8/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date for resolutions of this type is typically immediate upon passage, but no specific future enforcement mechanism exists.

Honoring Delaware Mothers Who Lost Children to Gun Violence

This resolution honors mothers in Delaware who lost a child due to gun violence and encourages public awareness of the grief caused by this issue.

What This Bill Does

  • Recognizes all mothers in Delaware whose children died from gun violence on Mother's Day, May 11, 2025.
  • States that firearms were the second leading cause of death for children and teenagers ages 1 to 17 in Delaware between 2018 and 2022.
  • Notes that these mothers face emotional, medical, financial, and legal consequences after losing their child.
  • Encourages efforts to inform Delaware residents about the grief caused by gun violence.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Mothers in Delaware who have lost a child due to gun violence
  • Residents of Delaware

Limits and Unknowns

  • This is a resolution, not a law that creates new rules or funding.
  • The text does not specify how public awareness efforts will be carried out.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced in House

  2. 2025-05-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

  3. 2025-05-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

Official Summary Text

HONORING DELAWARE MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD AS A RESULT OF GUN VIOLENCE.
This Resolution honors all mothers in Delaware who have lost a child as a result of gun violence. This Resolution also encourages public awareness of the lasting impact that gun violence has on our communities and residents in Delaware.

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Gorman & Rep. Romer & Sen. Lockman & Sen. Townsend

Reps. Bolden, Burns, Heffernan, K. Johnson, Morrison, Neal, Osienski, Phillips, D. Short, Kamela Smith, Snyder-Hall, Bush; Sens. Cruce, Hocker, Brown, Buckson, Hansen, Hoffner, Huxtable, Lawson, Mantzavinos, Paradee, Pettyjohn, Pinkney, Poore, Richardson, Seigfried, Sokola, Sturgeon, Walsh, Wilson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 50

HONORING DELAWARE MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD AS A RESULT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

WHEREAS, 127 people die by guns in Delaware-an average of 1 person killed every 3 days;

WHEREAS, firearms were the second leading cause of death among children and teenagers between the ages of 1-17, from 2018-2022, in Delaware;

WHEREAS, so many people killed in Delaware as a result of gun violence leaves many grieving mothers;

WHEREAS, mothers who have lost children due to gun violence are also victims who have to live everyday with the empty “hole” in their hearts;

WHEREAS, these grieving mothers have the burden of dealing with not only the emotional, but the medical, financial, and legal consequences that gun violence imposes on their families;

WHEREAS, mothers who have lost children due to gun violence many times do not get to see their children grow up, and achieve many life milestones such as graduation, marriage, and raising families of their own;

WHEREAS, no mother should ever have to bury a child who has died as a result of gun violence.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 153

rd

General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that all mothers, throughout the State of Delaware, who have lost a child as a result of gun violence be particularly honored and remembered this coming Mother’s Day, May 11, 2025.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that that the General Assembly encourage expanded efforts to keep Delaware residents properly informed of the grief that comes from losing a child due to gun violence.

SYNOPSIS

This Resolution honors all mothers in Delaware who have lost a child as a result of gun violence. This Resolution also encourages public awareness of the lasting impact that gun violence has on our communities and residents in Delaware.