---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND RECOMMENDING A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY, AND SPACE NEEDS FOR LEGISLATIVE HALL."
description: "This House Joint Resolution establishes the Legislative Building Committee for the purpose of studying and recommending a plan to address the technology, security, and space needs for Legislative Hall."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HJR 3"
citation: "Delaware HJR 3 (151)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Daniel B. Short", "David P. Sokola", "Gerald W. Hocker", "John L. Mitchell", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Timothy D. Dukes", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-24"
last_action: "2021-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba1cec22-14c2-4db6-934c-db1fc7e7c171"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48506"
source_hash: "b7a63361508c199a8238008cadbfdd211a17a419f687055ff01f4225ce12c46a"
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 3 (151) — ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING AND RECOMMENDING A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE TECHNOLOGY, SECURITY, AND SPACE NEEDS FOR LEGISLATIVE HALL.

This House Joint Resolution establishes the Legislative Building Committee for the purpose of studying and recommending a plan to address the technology, security, and space needs for Legislative Hall.

## 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=48506&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR3)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-24** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-04-22** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-08-04** 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/ba1cec22-14c2-4db6-934c-db1fc7e7c171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).