---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 18, AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSTABLES."
description: "Under current Chapter 27 of Title 10 the Board of Examiners of Constables is charged with appointing constables and certifying their commissions as well as monitoring their training and in-service. Currently, there is no member on the Board who acts as a representative for constables."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Delaware HB 474 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-10"
last_action: "2022-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c00747ad-e2b1-46e5-811b-a6b22d05016a"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129682"
source_hash: "f94be3f258818ccd694246440b747c12a4faef4bee0b5fd85cb8a7abd5e7aa12"
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 474 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 18, AND 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSTABLES.

Under current Chapter 27 of Title 10 the Board of Examiners of Constables is charged with appointing constables and certifying their commissions as well as monitoring their training and in-service. Currently, there is no member on the Board who acts as a representative for constables.

## 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=129682&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB474)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-10** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-06-21** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2022-10-07** 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/c00747ad-e2b1-46e5-811b-a6b22d05016a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).