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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMISSION OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS."
+description: "This legislation gives authority to the Executive Director of the Delaware Commission of Veterans’ Affairs to use the term “Delaware Office of Veterans’ Services” when carrying out the work of the Commission. This will enable the Executive Director and other staff of the Commission to conduct business under a banner that better describes their role as providers of services to Delaware veterans and their families. Applying the name “Delaware Office of Veterans’ Services” also serves to distinguish the office from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and will help alleviate confusion among members of the public."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "150"
+identifier: "HB 127"
+citation: "Delaware HB 127 (150)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-05-02"
+last_action: "2019-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0994b4c-5b14-48d0-bded-61a0eea2ec14"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47395"
+source_hash: "84f6b05eb8be3dc7a20d3a89f59743318c1c0c4bd46e52e68d3273b9e3aab8dc"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 127 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMISSION OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS.
+
+This legislation gives authority to the Executive Director of the Delaware Commission of Veterans’ Affairs to use the term “Delaware Office of Veterans’ Services” when carrying out the work of the Commission. This will enable the Executive Director and other staff of the Commission to conduct business under a banner that better describes their role as providers of services to Delaware veterans and their families. Applying the name “Delaware Office of Veterans’ Services” also serves to distinguish the office from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and will help alleviate confusion among members of the public.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47395&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB127)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
+- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
+- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-02** Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 13 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-05** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0994b4c-5b14-48d0-bded-61a0eea2ec14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+