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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL."
description: "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:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Delaware SB 4 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46c4e6b3-98f5-4aaf-bd48-b60b3b4c1da0"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141724"
source_hash: "a8fd67545b61fc414de53dbb77b9c4b8486426f889640820c2cdc1279978cf6b"
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 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](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141985&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
2. **SA 2 to SB 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142334&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 3 to SB 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142376&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46c4e6b3-98f5-4aaf-bd48-b60b3b4c1da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).