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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO ENFORCE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL'S DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION'S RULES AND REGULATIONS."
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description: "This Act enables the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to employ Seasonal Patrol Officers without conferring on the seasonal patrol officers all the powers of investigation, detention, and arrest conferred by law on peace officers or constables under § 4701(a)(8) of Title 7. Seasonal patrol officers will assist the Department's park rangers and have limited powers to enforce the Division of Parks and Recreation's rules and regulations."
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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 66"
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citation: "Delaware SB 66 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-04-09"
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last_action: "2019-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3133d57-4bed-450e-abd2-db85978fe718"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47318"
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source_hash: "1a1f43e872ae57a7610b9dd72d4100a4ef515098357e3a5754da77b0e1ea8a50"
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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 66 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO ENFORCE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL'S DIVISION OF PARKS AND RECREATION'S RULES AND REGULATIONS.
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This Act enables the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to employ Seasonal Patrol Officers without conferring on the seasonal patrol officers all the powers of investigation, detention, and arrest conferred by law on peace officers or constables under § 4701(a)(8) of Title 7. Seasonal patrol officers will assist the Department's park rangers and have limited powers to enforce the Division of Parks and Recreation's rules and regulations.
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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=47318&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB66)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47703&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-04-09** Introduced and Assigned to Environmental & Natural Resources Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Environmental & Natural Resources) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Amendment SA 1 to SB 66 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-14** Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2019-07-23** 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/e3133d57-4bed-450e-abd2-db85978fe718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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