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type: "Bill"
title: "DESIGNATING AUGUST 31, 2021, AS \"INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY\" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE."
description: "This Senate Joint Resolution designates August 31, 2021 as \"International Overdose Awareness Day\" in the State of Delaware and directs the State flag to be lowered to half-staff at State facilities and encourages local governments, businesses, and Delawareans to do the same."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SJR 4"
citation: "Delaware SJR 4 (151)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Stephanie L. Hansen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-06"
last_action: "2021-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02448894-c69c-4442-afa6-9175e084b874"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68656"
source_hash: "490c0a5be859cce414a16b2cdbea7e7ffbcde5af276d89c266f9fd814ce058e9"
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 SJR 4 (151) — DESIGNATING AUGUST 31, 2021, AS "INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
This Senate Joint Resolution designates August 31, 2021 as "International Overdose Awareness Day" in the State of Delaware and directs the State flag to be lowered to half-staff at State facilities and encourages local governments, businesses, and Delawareans to do the same.
## 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=68656&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR4)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-05-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 6 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-08-23** 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/02448894-c69c-4442-afa6-9175e084b874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).