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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMISSION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS."
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description: "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."
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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 437"
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citation: "Delaware HB 437 (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", "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"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-06-06"
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last_action: "2024-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/959bf2bf-d57d-4833-8390-0878838ebdbe"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141514"
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source_hash: "2d47280664d9df4f087e348a536df048de893818843b47423f5cf2b9d6e12aa8"
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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 437 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE COMMISSION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
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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.
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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=141514&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB437)
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## Votes
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- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-06** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-07-29** 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/959bf2bf-d57d-4833-8390-0878838ebdbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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