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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS WITH FIRE OR AMBULANCE COMPANIES."
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description: "Section 1 of this Act requires that $7,000 be paid for the funeral expenses of a deceased member of a volunteer fire company, volunteer fire company ladies auxiliary, or volunteer ambulance and rescue."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "SB 28"
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citation: "Delaware SB 28 (153)"
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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", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Darius J. Brown", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-03"
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last_action: "2025-09-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/588d09df-f7bd-45e7-8b4b-ad04912454f6"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141743"
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source_hash: "30de006d8335530ccd32f85b30d13474fcb441ec310b37039e0fc0cee1de7eae"
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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 28 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS WITH FIRE OR AMBULANCE COMPANIES.
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Section 1 of this Act requires that $7,000 be paid for the funeral expenses of a deceased member of a volunteer fire company, volunteer fire company ladies auxiliary, or volunteer ambulance and rescue.
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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. **SA 1 to SB 28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141929&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (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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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-03** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Amendment SA 1 to SB 28 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-10** Amendment SA 1 to SB 28 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-10** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-06-11** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-09-09** 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/588d09df-f7bd-45e7-8b4b-ad04912454f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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