---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CONTROLLER GENERAL."
description: "This Act provides for a Deputy Controller General who is authorized to serve as the Acting Controller General if the Controller General dies, resigns, is removed, or is temporarily incapacitated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Delaware HB 281 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/854b38d4-ea4f-4b8f-be22-a28717c0b6f7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79065"
source_hash: "351b6d8f4ffdfd962bc8b7c918f407063a0110af16d85462d85321517f655b34"
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 281 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE CONTROLLER GENERAL.

This Act provides for a Deputy Controller General who is authorized to serve as the Acting Controller General if the Controller General dies, resigns, is removed, or is temporarily incapacitated.

## 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=79065&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB281)

## Votes

- 3/4 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-12** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2022-01-13** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-01-13** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-02-07** 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/854b38d4-ea4f-4b8f-be22-a28717c0b6f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).