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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIRE AND AMBULANCE COMPANIES."
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description: "This bill is the direct result of the Delaware Financial Review of Volunteer Fire Companies Task Force Report of February 2017, created by House Concurrent Resolution 95 of the 148th General Assembly. The revised subsection (b) established in this Bill will provide the State Fire Prevention Commission with the authority to make sure that volunteer fire and ambulance companies properly complete their audit requirements and maintain fiscal responsibility. If a company fails to comply with audit requirements, the State Fire Prevention Commission can have the State Treasurer withhold Grant-in-Aid funds from the offending company."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 243"
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citation: "Delaware HB 243 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce C. Ennis", "Daniel B. Short", "F. Gary Simpson", "William J. Carson"]
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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: "2017-06-20"
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last_action: "2018-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55b82f39-5ca2-477d-bd9a-6b6bdf77f728"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26000"
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source_hash: "9f982c54f19051a0e94606db23aa667d4a9baac99e288361ae3a999c35cebf5c"
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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 HB 243 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VOLUNTEER FIRE AND AMBULANCE COMPANIES.
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This bill is the direct result of the Delaware Financial Review of Volunteer Fire Companies Task Force Report of February 2017, created by House Concurrent Resolution 95 of the 148th General Assembly. The revised subsection (b) established in this Bill will provide the State Fire Prevention Commission with the authority to make sure that volunteer fire and ambulance companies properly complete their audit requirements and maintain fiscal responsibility. If a company fails to comply with audit requirements, the State Fire Prevention Commission can have the State Treasurer withhold Grant-in-Aid funds from the offending company.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26000&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB243)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-01-23** Amendment HA 1 to HB 243 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-01-23** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-01-23** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-17** 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/55b82f39-5ca2-477d-bd9a-6b6bdf77f728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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