---
type: "Bill"
title: "REJECTING IN ITS ENTIRETY THE REPORT OF THE DELAWARE COMPENSATION COMMISSION."
description: "REJECTING IN ITS ENTIRETY THE REPORT OF THE DELAWARE COMPENSATION COMMISSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HJR 2"
citation: "Delaware HJR 2 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel B. Short", "David B. McBride", "Deborah Hudson", "F. Gary Simpson", "John J. Viola", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-02-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f173703b-8fa7-4bfb-b1f1-b6cb482ec3fe"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25383"
source_hash: "17857e3b50ae98bc14afbd8eb1c85a0b5c885bb7857f92120175f7463cfd5379"
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 HJR 2 (149) — REJECTING IN ITS ENTIRETY THE REPORT OF THE DELAWARE COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

## 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=25383&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR2)

## Votes

- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-01-19** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-02-02** 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/f173703b-8fa7-4bfb-b1f1-b6cb482ec3fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).