republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-171.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR VOLUNTEERING WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.	This Act updates the Delaware Volunteerism Act to specify that high school students may complete their community service with local fire departments to obtain up to 1 elective credit. It also requires schools to notify students of the opportunity to earn elective credit through volunteer work at or before the time students select their classes.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 171	Delaware HB 171 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Claire Snyder-Hall Daniel B. Short David L. Wilson Debra Heffernan Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Laura V. Sturgeon Melanie Ross Levin Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Stell Parker Selby William J. Carson	1	9	2	2025-05-15	2025-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/47775d87-b5e7-428d-b41f-e0cbffc90a70	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142306	d9b02296b38a2fe30def29b1394d7e7438d3bae98f9ead9d9ab1452e7431f3da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 171 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR VOLUNTEERING WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

This Act updates the Delaware Volunteerism Act to specify that high school students may complete their community service with local fire departments to obtain up to 1 elective credit. It also requires schools to notify students of the opportunity to earn elective credit through volunteer work at or before the time students select their classes.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 171 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-15 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 171 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 171 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-06-17 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-17 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-09-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47775d87-b5e7-428d-b41f-e0cbffc90a70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).