---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND SUNSET COMMITTEE."
description: "This Act changes the name of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee to \"the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Delaware HB 287 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Josue O Ortega", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Richard G. Collins", "Russell Huxtable", "Valerie Jones Giltner"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4750a12a-d24d-4f4e-aea1-8b98df868fb9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142849"
source_hash: "7647e4c03ee8c7e5d4690043384a358810137c64399c18aca7c13c30b3a2cbf0"
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 287 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND SUNSET COMMITTEE.

This Act changes the name of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee to "the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee."

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-06** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-05-21** 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/4750a12a-d24d-4f4e-aea1-8b98df868fb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).