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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS ON NEPOTISM IN STATE EMPLOYMENT."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 319"
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citation: "Delaware HB 319 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-29"
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last_action: "2024-11-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f17bdf31-d7e6-4ce5-a6a6-6ae4f4ba65cb"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140970"
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source_hash: "c70282627b22e8b9b897e71573ddc78fc2c0f9d8ed1c0e3b0470c805bbf95d11"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 319 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS ON NEPOTISM IN STATE EMPLOYMENT.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=140970&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB319)
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2. **HA 3 to HB 319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141473&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-29** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-04-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-23** Amendment HA 3 to HB 319 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 319 - Stricken in House
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- **2024-06-13** Amendment HA 2 to HB 319 - Stricken in House
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- **2024-06-13** Amendment HA 3 to HB 319 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-11-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f17bdf31-d7e6-4ce5-a6a6-6ae4f4ba65cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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