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SB300 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS DEALERS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS DEALERS.

Firearms
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Last action
2026-06-30
Official status
SS 1 for SB 300 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS DEALERS.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS DEALERS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS DEALERS.
  • This Act requires firearm dealers to obtain a state license to sell or transfer firearms instead of the license to sell deadly weapons under Chapter 9 of Title 24.
  • For purposes of this Act, a “firearm dealer” means a person that engages in the wholesale or retail sale or transfer of firearms, including a pawnbroker, and that has, or is required to have, a federal firearms license.
  • A “firearm dealer” does not include a person that has sold or transferred 10 or fewer firearms within any 1-year period that the person has engaged in selling or transferring firearms.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 7 NO

  2. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  3. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  4. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  5. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  6. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  7. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  8. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  9. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  10. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  11. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  12. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  13. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  14. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  15. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Stricken in House

  16. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  17. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  18. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  19. 2026-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 11 NO 1 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT

  20. 2026-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  21. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  22. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  23. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  24. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  25. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  26. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  27. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  28. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  29. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  30. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  31. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  32. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  33. 2026-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  34. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

  35. 2026-06-16 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

  36. 2026-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House

  37. 2026-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  38. 2026-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits

  39. 2026-06-04 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Assigned to Administration Committee in House

  40. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  41. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT

  42. 2026-05-21 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT

  43. 2026-05-20 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits

  44. 2026-05-13 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits

  45. 2026-05-13 Delaware General Assembly

    SS 1 for SB 300 - Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

  46. 2026-05-08 Delaware General Assembly

    Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 300

  47. 2026-04-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEADLY WEAPONS DEALERS.
This Act requires firearm dealers to obtain a state license to sell or transfer firearms instead of the license to sell deadly weapons under Chapter 9 of Title 24. For purposes of this Act, a “firearm dealer” means a person that engages in the wholesale or retail sale or transfer of firearms, including a pawnbroker, and that has, or is required to have, a federal firearms license. A “firearm dealer” does not include a person that has sold or transferred 10 or fewer firearms within any 1-year period that the person has engaged in selling or transferring firearms. However, people that do not meet the definition of “firearm dealer” under this Act shall still be required to obtain a license to sell deadly weapons under Chapter 9 of Title 24.

The Delaware State Police (DSP) shall create a standardized application for the license under Chapter 9B.

The new state license under Chapter 9B of Title 24 modifies Delaware's current firearm dealer licensing practices as follows:

(1) Estab