Delaware General Assembly

Signed 10/20/21

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

3/11/21

Longhurst

Reps. Dorsey Walker, Heffernan, Lynn, Minor-Brown, Mitchell, Schwartzkopf
Sen. Poore, S. McBride, Sokola, Townsend

Reps. Baumbach, Bentz, Chukwuocha, Cooke, Griffith, K. Johnson, Kowalko, Lambert, Matthews, Morrison
Sen. Gay, Hansen, Lockman, Paradee

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Section 1 of this bill establishes the crimes of possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver with no serial number, possession of and manufacturing a covert or undetectable firearm, possession of and manufacturing an untraceable firearm, and manufacturing or distributing a firearm using a three-dimensional printer. This bill also makes it a crime to possess a firearm frame or receiver with a removed, obliterated, or altered serial number. This bill makes very limited exceptions to the requirement that certain guns have serial numbers which are: (1) Firearms manufactured before 1968; (2) Muzzle loaders that only use black powder, and antique replicas. Finally, this bill makes clear that § 1463 of Title 11 concerning untraceable firearms does not apply to members of the military forces or members of a police force in this State duly authorized to carry an untraceable firearm, and does not apply to the manufacture or importation for sale to a law-enforcement or military entity in this State. Section 2 is a severability clause. Section 3 provides that Section 1459A of Title 11, which is possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver with no serial number, takes effect 90 days after the Act's enactment into law.

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10/20/21; 1/18/22

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