republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-411.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.	This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the members of Delaware Volunteer Fire Departments. This bill will hold current members to the same standards as applicants with relation to criminal activity.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 411	Delaware HB 411 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Michael Ramone Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William J. Carson	2	9	2	2024-06-11	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/9a917d45-3e9f-4fb8-a8ee-ec8dc2bfdd21	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141542	13951b6f098b061ff4e02f473af08de9698943b1b62fbcc9349303f3912ea76b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 411 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.

This bill seeks to amend sections of Chapter 66 concerning the members of Delaware Volunteer Fire Departments. This bill will hold current members to the same standards as applicants with relation to criminal activity.

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 411 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-11 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 411 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 411 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-20 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-27 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
• 2024-09-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a917d45-3e9f-4fb8-a8ee-ec8dc2bfdd21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).