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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT OPEN MEETINGS."
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description: "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."
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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 293"
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citation: "Delaware HB 293 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Richard G. Collins", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-03"
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last_action: "2022-10-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57516161-7e32-400e-88a8-aac0ed9e3d5b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79179"
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source_hash: "1a8d410c2f17b63f83886fb45412d8679c3a37fbaaeb93271b2b48c32ef93eba"
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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 293 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT OPEN MEETINGS.
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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.
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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=79179&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB293)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-03** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 293, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-13** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-05-17** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-17** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-26** 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/57516161-7e32-400e-88a8-aac0ed9e3d5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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