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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CREATION OF A DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. | This Act establishes a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs led by a cabinet-level Secretary to advocate for and administer programs relating to veterans in the State of Delaware. It is the intent of this legislation that current staff of the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Veterans Affairs will continue their work, but as part of the new Department of Veterans Affairs, with the potential for expanded staff and duties in accordance with annual appropriations. The Department will hire veterans wherever possible. The Commission of Veterans Affairs will continue in its current form. It will continue to oversee the Delaware Veterans Home and will serve in an advisory role to the new Secretary and Department on other matters relating to veterans. The new Department is tasked with developing and proposing strategies for the provision of alternative elder care or the establishment of one or more additional veterans homes to serve the aging veteran population. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 153 | HB 1 | Delaware HB 1 (153) |
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Delaware HB 1 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CREATION OF A DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
This Act establishes a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs led by a cabinet-level Secretary to advocate for and administer programs relating to veterans in the State of Delaware. It is the intent of this legislation that current staff of the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Veterans Affairs will continue their work, but as part of the new Department of Veterans Affairs, with the potential for expanded staff and duties in accordance with annual appropriations. The Department will hire veterans wherever possible. The Commission of Veterans Affairs will continue in its current form. It will continue to oversee the Delaware Veterans Home and will serve in an advisory role to the new Secretary and Department on other matters relating to veterans. The new Department is tasked with developing and proposing strategies for the provision of alternative elder care or the establishment of one or more additional veterans homes to serve the aging veteran population.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HA 1 to HS 1 for HB 1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-04-10 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 1, and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-05-06 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction - 2025-05-20 Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2025-05-20 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
passage - 2025-05-20 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-05-21 Re-Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2025-06-10 Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 9 Favorable
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2025-08-13 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00adef67-3893-41e4-8780-8ebd575b18f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).