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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF A FLAG TO NEXT OF KIN."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 221"
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citation: "Delaware SB 221 (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", "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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-04-11"
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last_action: "2024-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f70036f-15d5-4e59-a3f9-91950e4d42a0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141186"
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source_hash: "188d7a1bdae1ee11e7d0cc42726f0258be28ed111deb204a992432b08d692c80"
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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 SB 221 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF A FLAG TO NEXT OF KIN.
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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.
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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=141186&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB221)
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2. **SA 2 to SS 1 for SB 221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141248&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (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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- Bryan W. Shupe — 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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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-11** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 221, and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-16** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-04-23** Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-04-24** Amendment SA 1 to SS 1 - Stricken in Senate
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- **2024-04-24** Amendment SA 2 to SS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-04-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-04-25** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `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/6f70036f-15d5-4e59-a3f9-91950e4d42a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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