---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS."
description: "This Act includes Probation and Parole Officers in the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families under the definitions of Law-Enforcement Officer under the Law-Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Delaware HB 474 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-06-20"
last_action: "2018-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ba7f43a-2c38-4377-811d-82b05675ec05"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26916"
source_hash: "3f80f768ad990fc9914b42c87f81d0d12f59a0f6f28e2c3f0197ddabbfa93550"
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 474 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS.

This Act includes Probation and Parole Officers in the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families under the definitions of Law-Enforcement Officer under the Law-Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights.

## 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=26916&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB474)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-07-23** 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/8ba7f43a-2c38-4377-811d-82b05675ec05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).