republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-319.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS ON NEPOTISM IN STATE EMPLOYMENT.	This Act requires the Department of Human Resources to develop an executive branch policy restricting nepotism in state employment and prohibiting supervision of a state employee by a relative. It further requires the legislative and judicial branches, as well as offices headed by other elected officials to develop and implement comparable policies.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 319	Delaware HB 319 (152)	bill		enacted	David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison Kendra Johnson Lyndon D. Yearick Madinah Wilson-Anton Michael Ramone Paul S. Baumbach Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos William Bush	2	13	2	2024-02-29	2024-11-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f17bdf31-d7e6-4ce5-a6a6-6ae4f4ba65cb	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140970	c70282627b22e8b9b897e71573ddc78fc2c0f9d8ed1c0e3b0470c805bbf95d11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 319 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS ON NEPOTISM IN STATE EMPLOYMENT.

This Act requires the Department of Human Resources to develop an executive branch policy restricting nepotism in state employment and prohibiting supervision of a state employee by a relative. It further requires the legislative and judicial branches, as well as offices headed by other elected officials to develop and implement comparable policies.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 3 to HB 319 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• William Bush — 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
• 2024-03-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-17 Amendment HA 2 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-05-23 Amendment HA 3 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 1 to HB 319 - Stricken in House
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 2 to HB 319 - Stricken in House
• 2024-06-13 Amendment HA 3 to HB 319 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-13 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-13 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-30 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/f17bdf31-d7e6-4ce5-a6a6-6ae4f4ba65cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).