---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO RENAME THE DELAWARE STATE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY IN HONOR OF COLONEL JAMES L. FORD, JR."
description: "This Act renames the Delaware State Police Training Academy as the \"Colonel James L. Ford, Jr. State Police Training Academy\" in honor of Colonel Ford’s lifelong dedication to public service. It acknowledges his distinguished career with the Delaware State Police, where he held various leadership roles, ultimately serving as Superintendent. The Act also recognizes his significant contributions to law enforcement training, education, and public safety, as well as his service as Cabinet Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 112"
citation: "Delaware SB 112 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Daniel B. Short", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Stell Parker Selby", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-01"
last_action: "2025-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a4bc2a-9db6-4df2-b380-aab83704bcdf"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142153"
source_hash: "8a22e9fa1d8357972d3612a94939c3a0d0c22e482a465f9d0564a01d8195b44e"
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 SB 112 (153) — AN ACT TO RENAME THE DELAWARE STATE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY IN HONOR OF COLONEL JAMES L. FORD, JR.

This Act renames the Delaware State Police Training Academy as the "Colonel James L. Ford, Jr. State Police Training Academy" in honor of Colonel Ford’s lifelong dedication to public service. It acknowledges his distinguished career with the Delaware State Police, where he held various leadership roles, ultimately serving as Superintendent. The Act also recognizes his significant contributions to law enforcement training, education, and public safety, as well as his service as Cabinet Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
- **2025-08-20** 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/a1a4bc2a-9db6-4df2-b380-aab83704bcdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).