republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-221.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF A FLAG TO NEXT OF KIN.	This Act provides that the next of kin of a deceased police officer, member of a fire department, or member of the Delaware National Guard is entitled to a Delaware state flag if the deceased person served in at least 1 qualifying entity for at least 10 years and died in the line of duty or while an active member.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 221	Delaware SB 221 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryan W. Shupe Daniel B. Short Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson Franklin D. Cooke Kerri Evelyn Harris Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Michael Ramone Paul S. Baumbach Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Valerie Longhurst	2	11	2	2024-04-11	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/6f70036f-15d5-4e59-a3f9-91950e4d42a0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141186	188d7a1bdae1ee11e7d0cc42726f0258be28ed111deb204a992432b08d692c80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 221 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF A FLAG TO NEXT OF KIN.

This Act provides that the next of kin of a deceased police officer, member of a fire department, or member of the Delaware National Guard is entitled to a Delaware state flag if the deceased person served in at least 1 qualifying entity for at least 10 years and died in the line of duty or while an active member.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 2 to SS 1 for SB 221 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Michael Ramone — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-04-11 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 221, and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-24 Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in Senate
• 2024-04-24 Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2024-04-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-04-25 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f70036f-15d5-4e59-a3f9-91950e4d42a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).