republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-206.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 24, 29, AND 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION."
description: "This Act revamps the Council on Police Training, by changing the name of the Council to the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission (or POST) and amending its powers and duties to: (1) more accurately reflect the dual role of establishing training standards for Delaware police officers as well as overseeing allegations of police officer misconduct and conducting hearings for possible suspensions or de-certifications; (2) untethering the Council from the Delaware State Police by deleting the requirement that the Director of the Delaware State Police Academy is responsible for education and training in connection with the Council’s duties and responsibilities; (3) removing the requirement that discipline proceedings be tied to whether the employing department takes action against the officer and increasing the instances when discipline can be issued; (4) advising the Delaware Police Accreditation Commission regarding statewide accreditation standards; (5) issuing guidelines for local police oversight commissions or boards. The Bill improves transparency by increasing required meetings from two to four per year, clarifying that decisions of disciplinary panels are public documents, requiring that departments form public accountability commissions with non-officer members, and requiring a public comment period and an official website with publication of pertinent records and documents of the POST. By amending the definition of “police officer,” the bill also requires that officers employed only part-time are subject to the regulatory oversight of the POST. The Bill proposes that the Council’s day-to-day functions be provided through professionals retained by the Department of Safety and Homeland Security."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 206"
citation: "Delaware HB 206 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Ruth Briggs King", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Trey Paradee", "William Bush"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-02"
last_action: "2023-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40b8f2a7-110e-47bf-a431-e91c78f5ca6e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140512"
source_hash: "17f0003f683d9e9212fc170e620689a65ebda06eddcf665c19977bed2f7d9c83"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 206 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 24, 29, AND 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION.

This Act revamps the Council on Police Training, by changing the name of the Council to the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission (or POST) and amending its powers and duties to: (1) more accurately reflect the dual role of establishing training standards for Delaware police officers as well as overseeing allegations of police officer misconduct and conducting hearings for possible suspensions or de-certifications; (2) untethering the Council from the Delaware State Police by deleting the requirement that the Director of the Delaware State Police Academy is responsible for education and training in connection with the Council’s duties and responsibilities; (3) removing the requirement that discipline proceedings be tied to whether the employing department takes action against the officer and increasing the instances when discipline can be issued; (4) advising the Delaware Police Accreditation Commission regarding statewide accreditation standards; (5) issuing guidelines for local police oversight commissions or boards. The Bill improves transparency by increasing required meetings from two to four per year, clarifying that decisions of disciplinary panels are public documents, requiring that departments form public accountability commissions with non-officer members, and requiring a public comment period and an official website with publication of pertinent records and documents of the POST. By amending the definition of “police officer,” the bill also requires that officers employed only part-time are subject to the regulatory oversight of the POST. The Bill proposes that the Council’s day-to-day functions be provided through professionals retained by the Department of Safety and Homeland Security.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140512&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB206)
2. **HA 3 to HB 206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140775&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 206 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 2 to HB 206 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 206 - Stricken in House
- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 2 to HB 206 - Stricken in House
- **2023-06-29** Amendment HA 3 to HB 206 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-29** Laid On Table in Senate
- **2023-06-30** Lifted From Table in Senate
- **2023-06-30** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40b8f2a7-110e-47bf-a431-e91c78f5ca6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).