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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 265, VOLUME 82 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. | Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 243 (150th General Assembly) enacted § 10006A of Title 29, which allows an advisory body to hold a virtual meeting, if there is an anchor location that is open to the public, allows any public body to hold public meetings during a state of emergency, and clarified that public bodies must allow a member with a disability to attend a meeting electronically as a reasonable accommodation under § 4504 of Title 6, unless doing so would present an undue burden. Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 243 sunsets on June 30, 2021. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | SB 94 | Delaware SB 94 (151) |
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Delaware SB 94 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE AND CHAPTER 265, VOLUME 82 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 243 (150th General Assembly) enacted § 10006A of Title 29, which allows an advisory body to hold a virtual meeting, if there is an anchor location that is open to the public, allows any public body to hold public meetings during a state of emergency, and clarified that public bodies must allow a member with a disability to attend a meeting electronically as a reasonable accommodation under § 4504 of Title 6, unless doing so would present an undue burden. Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 243 sunsets on June 30, 2021.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- 2/3 — 19–2 (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-03-30 Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-04-21 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-05-05 Amendment SA 1 to SB 94 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2021-05-13 Amendment SA 1 to SB 94 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
amendment-passage - 2021-05-13 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NO
passage - 2021-05-14 Assigned to Administration Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-23 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2021-06-30 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fec1071a-f23b-4d5f-8625-bd5a6dcb8e9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).