republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-437.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMISSION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.	This bill modifies the Delaware Commission of Veterans’ Affairs employee requirements to make the Executive Director an exempt position, and to allow the hiring of non-veteran employees when needed. This will positively impact veteran families by reducing the wait for interment in state veterans’ cemeteries. These changes also make technical corrections and clarify the commission’s authority to accredit claims representatives to support veterans in accessing their earned benefits.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 437	Delaware HB 437 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn David L. Wilson Kendra Johnson Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Peter C. Schwartzkopf Ronald E. Gray Russell Huxtable Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee	1	7	2	2024-06-06	2024-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/959bf2bf-d57d-4833-8390-0878838ebdbe	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141514	2d47280664d9df4f087e348a536df048de893818843b47423f5cf2b9d6e12aa8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 437 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMISSION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.

This bill modifies the Delaware Commission of Veterans’ Affairs employee requirements to make the Executive Director an exempt position, and to allow the hiring of non-veteran employees when needed. This will positively impact veteran families by reducing the wait for interment in state veterans’ cemeteries. These changes also make technical corrections and clarify the commission’s authority to accredit claims representatives to support veterans in accessing their earned benefits.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/4 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-06 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-20 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-30 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits 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/959bf2bf-d57d-4833-8390-0878838ebdbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).