---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS."
description: "This bill clarifies that Delaware law enforcement may enter into agreements to provide mutual assistance to other jurisdictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 113"
citation: "Delaware HB 113 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Dave G. Lawson", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/930ac5b6-22e4-4d7c-816a-c56f27d4ae11"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47311"
source_hash: "3533cca55dcd04a894f4234476b5da0e8a251919a449b3b016327cbace8a0559"
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 113 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.

This bill clarifies that Delaware law enforcement may enter into agreements to provide mutual assistance to other jurisdictions.

## 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=47311&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB113)

## Votes

- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-04** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-08-20** 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/930ac5b6-22e4-4d7c-816a-c56f27d4ae11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).