republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-72.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.	This Act creates the position of Deputy Commissioner of Correction.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 72	Delaware HB 72 (151)	bill		enacted	Eric Morrison Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown	1	8	2	2021-01-14	2021-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/f7419263-0204-4fb9-ad45-1a34066106b0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48292	bbc52c5dd6064731ff7eb15152e21cc7d48652651f8ec0992f75025b3bd0edac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 72 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

This Act creates the position of Deputy Commissioner of Correction.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-04 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-03-11 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-03-12 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7419263-0204-4fb9-ad45-1a34066106b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).