republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-181.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO THE POLICE OFFICERS' AND FIREFIGHTERS' EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.	This Act makes clear that the Town of Delmar, Delaware is a public employer for purposes of the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Employment Relations Act, Chapter 16 of Title 19 of the Delaware Code, and Chapter 16 of Title 19 applies to the Town, including in a cooperative agreement between the Town of Delmar, Delaware and the Town of Delmar, Maryland.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 181	Delaware SB 181 (151)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Darius J. Brown David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh John L. Mitchell Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Valerie Longhurst	1	12	3	2021-06-10	2021-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/4375a6bf-2317-4156-bea9-5c7ccdc89108	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78889	1c58b2e358414ca102547ee7ef8b8c7f3ab027b4ec60f6be72dee8dd0acded52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 181 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF DELMAR RELATING TO THE POLICE OFFICERS' AND FIREFIGHTERS' EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT.

This Act makes clear that the Town of Delmar, Delaware is a public employer for purposes of the Police Officers' and Firefighters' Employment Relations Act, Chapter 16 of Title 19 of the Delaware Code, and Chapter 16 of Title 19 applies to the Town, including in a cooperative agreement between the Town of Delmar, Delaware and the Town of Delmar, Maryland.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 20–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-10 Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 4 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 Laid On Table in Senate
• 2021-06-22 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-22 Reconsidered in Senate
• 2021-06-22 Roll Call Rescinded in Senate
• 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING passage
• 2021-06-23 Assigned to Labor Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 11 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-09-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4375a6bf-2317-4156-bea9-5c7ccdc89108. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).