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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CONTROLLER GENERAL."
+description: "This Act provides for a Deputy Controller General who is authorized to serve as the Acting Controller General if the Controller General dies, resigns, is removed, or is temporarily incapacitated."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 281"
+citation: "Delaware HB 281 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-06"
+last_action: "2022-02-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/854b38d4-ea4f-4b8f-be22-a28717c0b6f7"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79065"
+source_hash: "351b6d8f4ffdfd962bc8b7c918f407063a0110af16d85462d85321517f655b34"
+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 281 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CONTROLLER GENERAL.
+
+This Act provides for a Deputy Controller General who is authorized to serve as the Acting Controller General if the Controller General dies, resigns, is removed, or is temporarily incapacitated.
+
+## 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=79065&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB281)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3/4 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-06** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-11** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-01-12** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2022-01-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
+- **2022-01-13** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-01-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2022-02-07** 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/854b38d4-ea4f-4b8f-be22-a28717c0b6f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+