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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY."
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description: "This Act requires all new school construction and schools undergoing major renovations to incorporate the following safety features: a secured vestibule to be used as the primary entrance to screen visitors, installation of ballistic resistant glass or other ballistic resistant materials in all areas used to screen visitors, installation of a panic button or intruder alert system, and classroom doors that can be locked on the outside with a key or magnetic card locking system. Further, the Act provides that the Office of Management and Budget Facilities Management Section shall coordinate a review of construction plans with the Department of Homeland Security to verify compliance with this Act and evaluate the security and safety of new schools and schools planning major renovations. This Act shall be known as the “Representative Joseph E. Miro School Safety Act.”"
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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 49"
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citation: "Delaware HB 49 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "John L. Mitchell", "John Walsh", "Joseph E. Miro", "Nicole Poore", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-03-20"
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last_action: "2018-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54c22d2b-370c-45ab-9b58-519fdd4e1ec9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26402"
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source_hash: "7d5d584110ee1b19150779dc6c847c70fb3fa462cd7032bfb77075092efffdbf"
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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 49 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY.
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This Act requires all new school construction and schools undergoing major renovations to incorporate the following safety features: a secured vestibule to be used as the primary entrance to screen visitors, installation of ballistic resistant glass or other ballistic resistant materials in all areas used to screen visitors, installation of a panic button or intruder alert system, and classroom doors that can be locked on the outside with a key or magnetic card locking system. Further, the Act provides that the Office of Management and Budget Facilities Management Section shall coordinate a review of construction plans with the Department of Homeland Security to verify compliance with this Act and evaluate the security and safety of new schools and schools planning major renovations. This Act shall be known as the “Representative Joseph E. Miro School Safety Act.”
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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=26402&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — primary (person)
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-20** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 49 `introduction`
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- **2018-03-20** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-18** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-14** 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/54c22d2b-370c-45ab-9b58-519fdd4e1ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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