AWB (2022), mag limit (17 rd), shall-issue but with training, red-flag law, suppressors banned, duty to retreat. Preemption exists. No constitutional carry.

Recreational cannabis legalized 2023 (HB 1/HB 2 passed without governor signature); retail sales rolling out. Decriminalized since 2015. Naloxone access expanded. No automatic expungement statute, no psychedelic reform.

State minimum wage $15.00/hr. MIT living wage for 1 adult: $17.30/hr. Ratio 0.87 — minimum-wage workers earn 87% of what's needed to live there alone.

Moderate tax burden, average NAEP scores, decent infrastructure, mid-pack life expectancy. Spending well above median without commensurate education gains.

IJ grades DE D+ (low burden, broad retention by police). No QI reform. Limited no-knock restrictions. No comprehensive body cam mandate but rolling out. DE Personal Data Privacy Act (2023, effective 2025). Limited ICE cooperation but no full sanctuary. Moderate whistleblower law.

No-excuse absentee voting and early voting struck down by DE Supreme Court in 2023 (constitutional issue), partially restored. Automatic voter registration. No photo ID requirement. Felons vote after release for most offenses. No independent commission but compact state with low gerrymandering concerns. Recent legal volatility on mail voting reduces score.

Medicaid expansion adopted 2014. Abortion legal up to viability, codified by statute. Gender-affirming care protected. Low uninsured rate. Strong mental health network. Maternal mortality lower than median.

No qualified immunity reform. No statewide BWC mandate (state funding, not requirement). Officer Bill of Rights shields disciplinary records. Decertification by Council on Police Training. No no-knock ban. No necessity standard. AG handles some police use-of-force review. Chokeholds restricted by policy.

Abortion legal and protected by statute pre-viability. Comprehensive LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination. Conversion therapy banned. Shield law for providers. No religious mandates in schools. Strong church-state separation. Gender-affirming care protected.

Not a right-to-work state. Paid family and medical leave program (Healthy Delaware Families Act, benefits 2026). No statewide paid sick leave yet. Federal OSHA. Prevailing wage. Moderate wage theft enforcement. Below-median fatal injury rate.