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type: "Bill"
title: "DIRECTING THE STATE TO CONDUCT PANDEMIC AFTER- ACTION REVIEWS AND CONTINUE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MITIGATION EFFORTS."
description: "The Joint Resolution directs the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Division of Public Health (DPH) to conduct After Action Reviews to assess the States pandemic response. DEMA and DPH are also maintaining the ability to increase personnel and supplies as needed in response to future surges of COVID-19. Additionally, the Joint Resolution directs the Legislative and Executive branches to work together on initiatives to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HJR 7"
citation: "Delaware HJR 7 (151)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "John L. Mitchell", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-03"
last_action: "2022-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b670664-ad40-4aa1-afe1-0f746377b6ee"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109430"
source_hash: "676d2f3448223753ae7f270c9516b6bd59b760df5637a0de5e5b847a7916a074"
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 HJR 7 (151) — DIRECTING THE STATE TO CONDUCT PANDEMIC AFTER- ACTION REVIEWS AND CONTINUE COVID-19 PANDEMIC MITIGATION EFFORTS.
The Joint Resolution directs the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Division of Public Health (DPH) to conduct After Action Reviews to assess the States pandemic response. DEMA and DPH are also maintaining the ability to increase personnel and supplies as needed in response to future surges of COVID-19. Additionally, the Joint Resolution directs the Legislative and Executive branches to work together on initiatives to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
## 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=109430&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR7)
## Votes
- SM — **370** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Charles "Bud" M. Freel — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-05-03** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-06-07** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-10-14** 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/5b670664-ad40-4aa1-afe1-0f746377b6ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).