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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.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
  2. SA 1 to SB 94 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 2/3 — 192 (pass) · upper
  • 2/3 — 410 (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).