Permit to Purchase/Clarify/Law Enforcement Agency

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act clarifies that the law-enforcement agency practice of purchasing firearms for that agency’s law-enforcement officers for use by the officers in their official duties is exempted from the requirements under §§ 1448A, 1448B, and 1448D of Title 11 under our State’s permit to purchase firearms laws. Both the currently effective versions of §§ 1448A and 1448B of Title 11, and the versions of those sections that will become effective upon implementation of 84 Del. Laws, c. 259, § 1 (pursuant to §§ 5 and 6 of the act), are amended by this Act.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jun 18, 2025CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate · Senate Executive
2. Jun 30, 2025CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits · Senate Executive
3. Jan 13, 2026SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT20–0 vote
4. Jan 14, 2026CommitteeAssigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House · House Public Safety & Homeland Security
5. Jan 20, 2026CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits · House Public Safety & Homeland Security
6. Jan 29, 2026HousePassed By House. Votes: 41 YES41–0 vote
7. Jan 30, 2026GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

• SE S. Elizabeth LockmanD Primary sponsor · District 3
• FD Franklin D. CookeD Joint sponsor · District 16