---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON IRISH HERITAGE AND CULTURE."
description: "This Act creates a Delaware Commission on Irish Heritage and Culture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 349"
citation: "Delaware HB 349 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helene M. Keeley", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-20"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82197d83-a591-410f-b46e-a29fc8ad95dc"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26400"
source_hash: "cb70ddd34d541928d1093438c09c9ad9e98020dbfa741913368d8f0dc447b17c"
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 349 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON IRISH HERITAGE AND CULTURE.

This Act creates a Delaware Commission on Irish Heritage and Culture.

## 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=26400&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB349)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-20** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-01** 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/82197d83-a591-410f-b46e-a29fc8ad95dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).