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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE DELAWARE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION AND COMMISSION TERMS."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 82"
citation: "Delaware HB 82 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Daniel B. Short", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b27c1762-c2ad-4b2c-8a77-c774b4a0ff02"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48329"
source_hash: "e191b961a3f585b5bad0673414f30f0ecd2761c8668d38b42beea134e5c18836"
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 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48329&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB82)
2. **HA 4 to HB 82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68620&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b27c1762-c2ad-4b2c-8a77-c774b4a0ff02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).