---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE VETERANS TRUST FUND."
description: "This Act makes all veterans with a minimum discharge of general discharge under honorable conditions eligible for assistance from the Delaware Veterans Trust Fund, effective January 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 90"
citation: "Delaware HB 90 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23294bf4-2606-4ca1-b20c-5a76d24dc517"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47213"
source_hash: "764972164ebce27ef65036ad3cdd05182374f0fdf57ebcda82110334bf31b628"
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 90 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE VETERANS TRUST FUND.

This Act makes all veterans with a minimum discharge of general discharge under honorable conditions eligible for assistance from the Delaware Veterans Trust Fund, effective January 1, 2020.

## 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=47213&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB90)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Raymond Seigfried — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 4 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-05-15** 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/23294bf4-2606-4ca1-b20c-5a76d24dc517`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).