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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO 911 DISPATCHERS."
description: "This Act provides a definition for 911 Dispatchers. While referenced in other sections of the Code, including being identified as a first responder in § 4319 of Title 11 for purposes of confidentiality of communications by first responders for critical incident stress management services, Dispatchers have not otherwise been defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Delaware SB 36 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Michael F. Smith", "Michael Ramone", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ronald E. Gray", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "William Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee343f02-1b16-445e-8ce2-811adc078136"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129998"
source_hash: "d82779529d72525ef145374e95736a7dc349c1dd5e306f3bad7a19900abf7fda"
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 36 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO 911 DISPATCHERS.
This Act provides a definition for 911 Dispatchers. While referenced in other sections of the Code, including being identified as a first responder in § 4319 of Title 11 for purposes of confidentiality of communications by first responders for critical incident stress management services, Dispatchers have not otherwise been defined.
## 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=129998&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB36)
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-09-21** 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/ee343f02-1b16-445e-8ce2-811adc078136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).