republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-184.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 23 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS.	This bill adds to the requirements for licensure as a River Pilot Apprentice that an applicant not have been convicted of a crime substantially related to the practice of river piloting. This bill empowers the Board of Pilot Commissioners to waive such a disqualifier to licensure if it finds that the applicant is otherwise capable of practicing in a safe and competent manner, and the granting of a waiver will not endanger the public health, safety, or welfare. This language tracks that which is already included in most Title 24 boards’ statutes. This bill also empowers the Board of River Pilot Commissioners to discipline any licensee who is convicted of a crime substantially related to the practice of river piloting after obtaining licensure, and to discipline any licensee who has a river pilot license disciplined by another jurisdiction. This language also tracks that which is already included in most Title 24 boards’ statutes.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 184	Delaware HB 184 (149)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Quinton Johnson	1	7	2	2017-05-17	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7dd91e63-9fa0-4abb-854c-d373a48996d4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25800	1982681e3ed159f6a33321e3134e2d3cb6c58d6c8eacf2653ba728e4bc74a3f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 184 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 23 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PILOT COMMISSIONERS.

This bill adds to the requirements for licensure as a River Pilot Apprentice that an applicant not have been convicted of a crime substantially related to the practice of river piloting. This bill empowers the Board of Pilot Commissioners to waive such a disqualifier to licensure if it finds that the applicant is otherwise capable of practicing in a safe and competent manner, and the granting of a waiver will not endanger the public health, safety, or welfare. This language tracks that which is already included in most Title 24 boards’ statutes. This bill also empowers the Board of River Pilot Commissioners to discipline any licensee who is convicted of a crime substantially related to the practice of river piloting after obtaining licensure, and to discipline any licensee who has a river pilot license disciplined by another jurisdiction. This language also tracks that which is already included in most Title 24 boards’ statutes.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Quinton Johnson — primary (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mulrooney — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-17 Introduced and Assigned to Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-12 Assigned to Transportation Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Transportation) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-06 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dd91e63-9fa0-4abb-854c-d373a48996d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).