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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION."
+description: "This Act creates the position of Deputy Commissioner of Correction."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "151"
+identifier: "HB 72"
+citation: "Delaware HB 72 (151)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-14"
+last_action: "2021-06-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7419263-0204-4fb9-ad45-1a34066106b0"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48292"
+source_hash: "bbc52c5dd6064731ff7eb15152e21cc7d48652651f8ec0992f75025b3bd0edac"
+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 72 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
+
+This Act creates the position of Deputy Commissioner of Correction.
+
+## 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=48292&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB72)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
+- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
+- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
+- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-14** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-26** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-04** Suspension of Rules in House
+- **2021-03-11** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2021-03-12** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2021-06-03** 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/f7419263-0204-4fb9-ad45-1a34066106b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+