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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, TITLE 20, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR'S CABINET."
description: "The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Governors cabinet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Delaware SB 16 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael Ramone", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean Matthews", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-18"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cc129a8-ef5b-462e-afe7-525daa9c479c"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141236"
source_hash: "72b2e98f6c0d02580aaa012cb8709c482d15696ea014048c8b0450ae172d717b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 16 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, TITLE 20, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR'S CABINET.
The governance of this State relies on the qualifications and performance of the members of the Governors cabinet. The General Assembly finds that the confirmation process is an important step to ensure the qualifications and performance of the Governors cabinet.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141236&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB16)
## Votes
- SM — **380** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-09-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cc129a8-ef5b-462e-afe7-525daa9c479c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).