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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY."
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description: "This Act changes the employee classification of the Office of Highway Safety (OHS) director position from merit to exempt. The Department of Safety and Homeland Security (Department) is requesting the change to make the Department’s director position employee classifications consistent. The Department is seeking the change while the OHS Director position is vacant."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "SB 23"
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citation: "Delaware SB 23 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-05"
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last_action: "2019-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f76fe155-667a-4159-9c7f-aaf5ce6bb625"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=37140"
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source_hash: "d1a8aeb14321b99f8ea6361d2417a776a72debd02b6c415857d7fc326bb438bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 23 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY.
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This Act changes the employee classification of the Office of Highway Safety (OHS) director position from merit to exempt. The Department of Safety and Homeland Security (Department) is requesting the change to make the Department’s director position employee classifications consistent. The Department is seeking the change while the OHS Director position is vacant.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=37140&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB23)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- William Bush — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-03-22** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f76fe155-667a-4159-9c7f-aaf5ce6bb625`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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