republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-82.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE DELAWARE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION AND COMMISSION TERMS.	This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the Delaware State Fire Prevention by: imposing a timeframe on the Delaware Volunteer Firefighters’ Association to recommend nominate Commission members to the Governor; imposing a presumption of neglect if a Commissioner misses three consecutive Commission meetings; adjusting the terms and term limits of the Commissioners; to prohibit a Commissioner from also serving in a politically elected or appointed position while serving as a Commissioner; and to eliminate the requirement for an Advisory Board. The Commission also creates an Executive Director position, which will be currently filled by a current Commission employee serving in that function. That bill makes clear that that person’s current merit status will remain, but will become an exempt position when the position next becomes vacant. The bill proposes to authorize the imposition of fines for violations of applicable Code and regulatory provisions and reasonable fees for Commission's certifications to help defray costs and expenses with the Commission’s administration and enforcement of its powers under the Code and its regulations. Finally, the bill proposes to make several amendments to clarify and synthesize language in other sections of Chapter 66.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 82	Delaware HB 82 (151)	bill		enacted	Bruce C. Ennis Daniel B. Short William J. Carson	2	16	2	2021-01-26	2021-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b27c1762-c2ad-4b2c-8a77-c774b4a0ff02	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48329	e191b961a3f585b5bad0673414f30f0ecd2761c8668d38b42beea134e5c18836	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 82 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE DELAWARE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION AND COMMISSION TERMS.

This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the Delaware State Fire Prevention by: imposing a timeframe on the Delaware Volunteer Firefighters’ Association to recommend nominate Commission members to the Governor; imposing a presumption of neglect if a Commissioner misses three consecutive Commission meetings; adjusting the terms and term limits of the Commissioners; to prohibit a Commissioner from also serving in a politically elected or appointed position while serving as a Commissioner; and to eliminate the requirement for an Advisory Board. The Commission also creates an Executive Director position, which will be currently filled by a current Commission employee serving in that function. That bill makes clear that that person’s current merit status will remain, but will become an exempt position when the position next becomes vacant. The bill proposes to authorize the imposition of fines for violations of applicable Code and regulatory provisions and reasonable fees for Commission's certifications to help defray costs and expenses with the Commission’s administration and enforcement of its powers under the Code and its regulations. Finally, the bill proposes to make several amendments to clarify and synthesize language in other sections of Chapter 66.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 4 to HB 82 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-12 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2021-03-15 Amendment HA 1 to HB 82 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-30 Amendment HA 2 to HB 82 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-22 Amendment HA 3 to HB 82 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-26 Amendment HA 4 to HB 82 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-29 Amendment HA 1 to HB 82 - Stricken in House
• 2021-04-29 Amendment HA 2 to HB 82 - Stricken in House
• 2021-04-29 Amendment HA 3 to HB 82 - Stricken in House
• 2021-04-29 Amendment HA 4 to HB 82 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-04-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-04-29 Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-09-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b27c1762-c2ad-4b2c-8a77-c774b4a0ff02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).