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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION."
description: "This Act creates the position of Deputy Commissioner of Correction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Delaware HB 72 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7419263-0204-4fb9-ad45-1a34066106b0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48292"
source_hash: "bbc52c5dd6064731ff7eb15152e21cc7d48652651f8ec0992f75025b3bd0edac"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48292&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB72)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7419263-0204-4fb9-ad45-1a34066106b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).