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HB 247 Delaware House · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 242, VOLUME 81 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO SELLING OR POSSESSING FIREWORKS; EXCEPTIONS.

Summary
This bill removes the 3 year sunset provision that was part of House Bill No. 53, as amended, enacted on May 10, 2018 of the 149th General Assembly. This will allow the on-going use of certain ground-based and hand-held sparklers.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jul 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Jun 25, 2019 Signed Jul 23, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 27, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jul 23, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jul 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO
upper
Jun 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 25, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
lower
4 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DB
David B. McBride
DDemocratic
DE
13
P
Photo of Mike Ramone
Mike Ramone
RRepublican
DE
21
P
Photo of Mike Smith
Mike Smith
RRepublican
DE
22
P
Photo of Pete Schwartzkopf
Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Dave Lawson
Dave Lawson
RRepublican
DE
15
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
Photo of Kevin Hensley
Kevin Hensley
RRepublican
DE
9
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
Photo of Rich Collins
Rich Collins
RRepublican
DE
41
Co
Photo of Ron Gray
Ron Gray
RRepublican
DE
38
Co
Photo of Shannon Morris
Shannon Morris
RRepublican
DE
30