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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS WITH FIRE OR AMBULANCE COMPANIES."
+description: "Section 1 of this Act requires that $7,000 be paid for the funeral expenses of a deceased member of a volunteer fire company, volunteer fire company ladies auxiliary, or volunteer ambulance and rescue."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "SB 28"
+citation: "Delaware SB 28 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-03"
+last_action: "2025-09-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/588d09df-f7bd-45e7-8b4b-ad04912454f6"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141743"
+source_hash: "30de006d8335530ccd32f85b30d13474fcb441ec310b37039e0fc0cee1de7eae"
+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 SB 28 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS WITH FIRE OR AMBULANCE COMPANIES.
+
+Section 1 of this Act requires that $7,000 be paid for the funeral expenses of a deceased member of a volunteer fire company, volunteer fire company ladies auxiliary, or volunteer ambulance and rescue.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SA 1 to SB 28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141929&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
+- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-03** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 28 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-10** Amendment SA 1 to SB 28 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
+- **2025-09-09** 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/588d09df-f7bd-45e7-8b4b-ad04912454f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+