republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-293.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT OPEN MEETINGS.	House Bill No. 293 requires that meetings of public bodies that are open to the public must provide an opportunity for public comment. Meetings of a public body of the General Assembly are excluded from the requirement to provide an opportunity for public comment because under § 9 of Art. II of the Delaware Constitution, the rules of proceedings for legislative meetings are established by the Senate and House of Representatives of each General Assembly.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 293	Delaware HB 293 (151)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Paul S. Baumbach Richard G. Collins Stephanie L. Hansen	1	8	2	2022-03-03	2022-10-26	openstates	ocd-bill/57516161-7e32-400e-88a8-aac0ed9e3d5b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79179	1a8d410c2f17b63f83886fb45412d8679c3a37fbaaeb93271b2b48c32ef93eba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 293 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT OPEN MEETINGS.

House Bill No. 293 requires that meetings of public bodies that are open to the public must provide an opportunity for public comment. Meetings of a public body of the General Assembly are excluded from the requirement to provide an opportunity for public comment because under § 9 of Art. II of the Delaware Constitution, the rules of proceedings for legislative meetings are established by the Senate and House of Representatives of each General Assembly.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-03 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 293, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-05-17 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2022-05-17 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2022-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-10-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57516161-7e32-400e-88a8-aac0ed9e3d5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).