---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SECURITY ALARM BUSINESSES AND SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS."
description: "This Act provides clearer language concerning security alarm business license and identification requirements for both businesses and individuals; gives vendors a clearer understanding of prohibited acts, discipline and penalties; and grants the Professional Licensing Section the ability to promulgate regulations, conduct inspections and additional powers needed to oversee this chapter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 93"
citation: "Delaware HB 93 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df1f5d10-8111-4432-b9ba-7e7b602c9caf"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25539"
source_hash: "9d6609b6968006463bcd8f35828625777011afd806066732ca31c6fa9aa4c7ea"
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 93 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SECURITY ALARM BUSINESSES AND SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS.

This Act provides clearer language concerning security alarm business license and identification requirements for both businesses and individuals; gives vendors a clearer understanding of prohibited acts, discipline and penalties; and grants the Professional Licensing Section the ability to promulgate regulations, conduct inspections and additional powers needed to oversee this chapter.

## 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=25539&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB93)

## Votes

- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **38–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment HA 1 to HB 93 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-04** Amendment HA 1 to HB 93 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 2 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-17** 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/df1f5d10-8111-4432-b9ba-7e7b602c9caf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).