republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-249.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.	This Act creates a tuition reimbursement program for volunteer firefighters, similar to already existing programs for law enforcement officers and National Guard members. Pursuant to this program, active volunteer firefighters may be reimbursed for tuition for 2 undergraduate level courses or one masters level course per semester at any Delaware college or university. The State Fire Prevention Commission is charged with promulgating rules and regulations and administering the program.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 249	Delaware HB 249 (151)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bruce C. Ennis Darius J. Brown John L. Mitchell Stephanie L. Hansen	1	9	2	2021-06-17	2021-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/9c193559-5f32-4962-8fdd-e2afbd718ed4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78939	ced99b492cfc67fc42d11da763da0dff5f2c1f73430028173f8dd3fce5e6175a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 249 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.

This Act creates a tuition reimbursement program for volunteer firefighters, similar to already existing programs for law enforcement officers and National Guard members. Pursuant to this program, active volunteer firefighters may be reimbursed for tuition for 2 undergraduate level courses or one masters level course per semester at any Delaware college or university. The State Fire Prevention Commission is charged with promulgating rules and regulations and administering the program.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-17 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-24 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c193559-5f32-4962-8fdd-e2afbd718ed4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).