republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-18.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.	This bill amends the Merit System of Personnel Administration by allowing for preference in hiring for casual seasonal employees who are performing the same job duties of a posted merit position.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 18	Delaware HB 18 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Kerri Evelyn Harris Madinah Wilson-Anton Michael Ramone Nicole Poore Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee William J. Carson	1	7	2	2024-02-29	2024-11-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e1d076db-05f8-4a84-b9ac-7bc75b8a2fdf	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140953	82b37f32859fe0d04f600cc485d8c9b0a1204f67dc247cddb894eb65806b9f55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 18 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.

This bill amends the Merit System of Personnel Administration by allowing for preference in hiring for casual seasonal employees who are performing the same job duties of a posted merit position.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-29 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Passed By House. Votes: 35 YES 6 ABSENT passage
• 2024-03-14 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-18 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-11-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1d076db-05f8-4a84-b9ac-7bc75b8a2fdf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).