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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS."
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description: "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."
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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 411"
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citation: "Delaware HB 411 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-06-11"
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last_action: "2024-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a917d45-3e9f-4fb8-a8ee-ec8dc2bfdd21"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141542"
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source_hash: "13951b6f098b061ff4e02f473af08de9698943b1b62fbcc9349303f3912ea76b"
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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 411 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.
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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.
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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=141542&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB411)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141629&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-11** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 411 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 411 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-27** 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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- **2024-09-19** 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/9a917d45-3e9f-4fb8-a8ee-ec8dc2bfdd21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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