republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-237.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE OFFICERS’ AND FIREFIGHTERS’ EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.	Currently, there are police officers in this State that are not covered by the Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Employment Relations Act meaning that they do not possess the right of organization and representation. The purpose of this bill is to allow certain law enforcement officers, including supervisors, currently not covered by the Act to have the right of organization and representation. This bill only makes those officers not currently covered by the Act eligible to organize and be represented under the Act. The Act is not intended and should not be construed to affect the rights of any public employer, police officer, or firefighter already covered by the Act.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 237	Delaware HB 237 (151)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis John L. Mitchell	1	7	2	2021-06-09	2021-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/507bac7a-fe80-43cc-8144-397d709cede9	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78871	a7a2264db2ec8376a645a1fa3dd31f0bb8166efa614aad444846676076c5bd41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 237 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE OFFICERS’ AND FIREFIGHTERS’ EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.

Currently, there are police officers in this State that are not covered by the Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Employment Relations Act meaning that they do not possess the right of organization and representation. The purpose of this bill is to allow certain law enforcement officers, including supervisors, currently not covered by the Act to have the right of organization and representation. This bill only makes those officers not currently covered by the Act eligible to organize and be represented under the Act. The Act is not intended and should not be construed to affect the rights of any public employer, police officer, or firefighter already covered by the Act.

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
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-09 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-06-22 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/507bac7a-fe80-43cc-8144-397d709cede9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).