republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-205.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BILL OF RIGHTS.	This Act makes a number of revisions to the Law-Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights in Title 11 of the Delaware Code. It adds part-time officers to the coverage of the chapter. It distinguishes between formal investigations and informal inquiries, but requires that even informal inquiries must comport with federal and State law, including NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975) and Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967).	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 205	Delaware HB 205 (152)	bill		enacted	Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson Franklin D. Cooke Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Marie Pinkney Melissa Minor-Brown Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sherry Dorsey Walker William Bush	1	6	2	2023-06-21	2023-08-07	openstates	ocd-bill/3ff42d1f-948f-4529-b04d-c40e17d237be	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140697	8372296a4102659738077806d20549038b04532ff3a78300e5cec71638fe98ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 205 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BILL OF RIGHTS.

This Act makes a number of revisions to the Law-Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights in Title 11 of the Delaware Code. It adds part-time officers to the coverage of the chapter. It distinguishes between formal investigations and informal inquiries, but requires that even informal inquiries must comport with federal and State law, including NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975) and Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967).

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-21 was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 205 introduction
• 2023-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-22 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-08-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ff42d1f-948f-4529-b04d-c40e17d237be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).