republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-243.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIRE AND AMBULANCE COMPANIES.	This bill is the direct result of the Delaware Financial Review of Volunteer Fire Companies Task Force Report of February 2017, created by House Concurrent Resolution 95 of the 148th General Assembly. The revised subsection (b) established in this Bill will provide the State Fire Prevention Commission with the authority to make sure that volunteer fire and ambulance companies properly complete their audit requirements and maintain fiscal responsibility. If a company fails to comply with audit requirements, the State Fire Prevention Commission can have the State Treasurer withhold Grant-in-Aid funds from the offending company.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 243	Delaware HB 243 (149)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Daniel B. Short F. Gary Simpson William J. Carson	1	9	2	2017-06-20	2018-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/55b82f39-5ca2-477d-bd9a-6b6bdf77f728	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26000	9f982c54f19051a0e94606db23aa667d4a9baac99e288361ae3a999c35cebf5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 243 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIRE AND AMBULANCE COMPANIES.

This bill is the direct result of the Delaware Financial Review of Volunteer Fire Companies Task Force Report of February 2017, created by House Concurrent Resolution 95 of the 148th General Assembly. The revised subsection (b) established in this Bill will provide the State Fire Prevention Commission with the authority to make sure that volunteer fire and ambulance companies properly complete their audit requirements and maintain fiscal responsibility. If a company fails to comply with audit requirements, the State Fire Prevention Commission can have the State Treasurer withhold Grant-in-Aid funds from the offending company.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-20 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-22 Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-01-23 Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-01-23 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2018-01-23 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-03-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-04-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55b82f39-5ca2-477d-bd9a-6b6bdf77f728. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).