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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS."
description: "This Act amends Delaware's existing continuity of government laws as required in conjunction with the adoption of House Bill No. 410, which completes the process to amend Article II, § 5 and Article XVII, § 1 of the Delaware Constitution to adopt an \"all hazards\" approach to continuity of government planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 411"
citation: "Delaware HB 411 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David B. McBride", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-08"
last_action: "2018-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6169f7-2405-4308-8df4-0beaa8e6c198"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26651"
source_hash: "e6402d9dc29151542e9de534d4aab99c3077e58d3433a2f41818339aebae3a2a"
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 HB 411 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
This Act amends Delaware's existing continuity of government laws as required in conjunction with the adoption of House Bill No. 410, which completes the process to amend Article II, § 5 and Article XVII, § 1 of the Delaware Constitution to adopt an "all hazards" approach to continuity of government planning.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26651&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB411)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **400** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David B. McBride — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 411 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-12** Amendment HA 1 to HB 411 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-06-13** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-10-01** 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/6c6169f7-2405-4308-8df4-0beaa8e6c198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).