republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-251.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE DELAWARE VETERINARIAN MEDICINE EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.	The Board of Trustees of the Delaware Institute of Veterinary Medical Education (“DIVME”) was established in 1975 with a stated purpose of creating opportunities for Delaware residents to obtain veterinary training and strengthening factors that would encourage them to return to practice in Delaware. DIVME’s statute has had only 2 minor updates since 1975, with the last update in 1993.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 251	Delaware SB 251 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn John "Jack" Walsh Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Nicole Poore Paul S. Baumbach Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos Stephanie L. Hansen	2	9	2	2024-03-25	2024-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/6dfa7c53-0023-4c4a-8778-2374953f439b	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141128	61d0ae56e05400b35b9725e88b818b996cc5de684534b0c0864e3abb3f8f188d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 251 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE DELAWARE VETERINARIAN MEDICINE EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.

The Board of Trustees of the Delaware Institute of Veterinary Medical Education (“DIVME”) was established in 1975 with a stated purpose of creating opportunities for Delaware residents to obtain veterinary training and strengthening factors that would encourage them to return to practice in Delaware. DIVME’s statute has had only 2 minor updates since 1975, with the last update in 1993.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 251 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-25 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-23 Amendment SA 1 to SB 251 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-24 Amendment SA 1 to SB 251 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2024-04-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-04-25 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-09-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6dfa7c53-0023-4c4a-8778-2374953f439b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).