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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE OFFICERS’ AND FIREFIGHTERS’ EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 237"
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citation: "Delaware HB 237 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "John L. Mitchell"]
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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: "2021-06-09"
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last_action: "2021-09-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/507bac7a-fe80-43cc-8144-397d709cede9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78871"
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source_hash: "a7a2264db2ec8376a645a1fa3dd31f0bb8166efa614aad444846676076c5bd41"
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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 HB 237 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE OFFICERS’ AND FIREFIGHTERS’ EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.
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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.
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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=78871&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB237)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-09** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-10** 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/507bac7a-fe80-43cc-8144-397d709cede9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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