republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-257.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY DEATH BENEFITS.	This bill increases the line of duty death benefits from $150,000 to $200,000 for those persons covered under Chapter 66, Title 18 of the Delaware Code. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum amount payable in any year from $30,000 to $40,000.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 257	Delaware HB 257 (149)	bill		enacted	John L. Mitchell Nicole Poore	1	7	2	2017-06-22	2017-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/96727050-4665-4d6d-9acf-b94105c5388e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26065	c121afb4242868aa6c2ec7bb985ec66da48ed09119a29bc7d5fbe4bca651d21c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 257 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY DEATH BENEFITS.

This bill increases the line of duty death benefits from $150,000 to $200,000 for those persons covered under Chapter 66, Title 18 of the Delaware Code. Additionally, the bill increases the maximum amount payable in any year from $30,000 to $40,000.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-22 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-07-02 Amendment HA 1 to HB 257 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-02 Amendment HA 1 to HB 257 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-07-02 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2017-08-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96727050-4665-4d6d-9acf-b94105c5388e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).