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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "SB 94"
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citation: "Delaware SB 94 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-30"
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last_action: "2021-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fec1071a-f23b-4d5f-8625-bd5a6dcb8e9c"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=58540"
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source_hash: "35b11be2e002e80c90f846eae16c902940c2dba7aaa721d63e69706c47c8967a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=58540&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB94)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 94** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68658&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **19–2** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-30** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-05** Amendment SA 1 to SB 94 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-13** Amendment SA 1 to SB 94 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 NO `passage`
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- **2021-05-14** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fec1071a-f23b-4d5f-8625-bd5a6dcb8e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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