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SB 79 Delaware Senate · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF REGISTERED QUALIFYING PATIENTS UNDER THE DELAWARE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT TO PURCHASE OR POSSESS FIREARMS.

Summary
This Act clarifies existing law so that an individual is not disqualified from possessing or purchasing a firearm because the individual is a registered qualifying patient under the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 7, 2019 Last action Jan 30, 2020
Floor votes

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
2
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to SB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
lower
Dec 12, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
lower
Jun 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
May 7, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
upper
5 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AL
Andria L. Bennett
DDemocratic
DE
32
P
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
DE
7
P
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
P
Photo of Dave Lawson
Dave Lawson
RRepublican
DE
15
P
Photo of Jeff Spiegelman
Jeff Spiegelman
RRepublican
DE
11
Co
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
Photo of Ed Osienski
Ed Osienski
DDemocratic
DE
24
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19
Co
Photo of Lyndon Yearick
Lyndon Yearick
RRepublican
DE
34
Co
Photo of Mike Ramone
Mike Ramone
RRepublican
DE
21
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23