republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-310.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE.	The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the Delaware Code where the other 5 branches of the armed forces are specifically enumerated This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 310	Delaware HB 310 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson Edward S. Osienski Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Nicole Poore Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Richard G. Collins Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Valerie Longhurst William J. Carson	2	9	2	2024-01-25	2024-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2060371f-02dc-40f8-8ec4-eeb4eb482e58	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140899	02a71fb3eadb7be7151af647da82d75b68cfd641f4856ca504688d7afac24a00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 310 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE.

The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the Delaware Code where the other 5 branches of the armed forces are specifically enumerated This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 310 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-25 Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 310 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-27 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 16 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-16 Amendment HA 1 to HB 310 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-04-16 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2024-04-16 Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 8 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-07-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2060371f-02dc-40f8-8ec4-eeb4eb482e58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).