republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/sb-4.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.	This Act establishes an independent and nonpartisan Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the position of the Inspector General. Under this Act, the OIG would be unique in state government as a non-political agency with a sole mission to investigate and prevent fraud, waste, mismanagement, corruption, and other abuse of governmental resources. The OIG will protect the health and safety of Delaware residents, assist in the recovery of misspent or inappropriately paid funds, and strengthen government integrity and the public trust in government operations by doing all of the following:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	SB 4	Delaware SB 4 (153)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Dave G. Lawson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Josue O Ortega Laura V. Sturgeon Lyndon D. Yearick Madinah Wilson-Anton Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Timothy D. Dukes	3	17	1	2025-01-10	2025-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/46c4e6b3-98f5-4aaf-bd48-b60b3b4c1da0	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141724	a8fd67545b61fc414de53dbb77b9c4b8486426f889640820c2cdc1279978cf6b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 4 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.

This Act establishes an independent and nonpartisan Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the position of the Inspector General. Under this Act, the OIG would be unique in state government as a non-political agency with a sole mission to investigate and prevent fraud, waste, mismanagement, corruption, and other abuse of governmental resources. The OIG will protect the health and safety of Delaware residents, assist in the recovery of misspent or inappropriately paid funds, and strengthen government integrity and the public trust in government operations by doing all of the following:

Version chain

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

1. SA 1 to SB 4 (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 2 to SB 4 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 3 to SB 4 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 30–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — 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)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10 Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 Amendment SA 1 to SB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-26 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-20 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-05-20 Amendment SA 2 to SB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-21 Amendment SA 3 to SB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment SA 1 to SB 4 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2025-05-22 Amendment SA 2 to SB 4 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2025-05-22 Amendment SA 3 to SB 4 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2025-05-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-06-05 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-20 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-07-01 Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 1 NO 9 ABSENT 1 VACANT passage
• 2025-08-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46c4e6b3-98f5-4aaf-bd48-b60b3b4c1da0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).