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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BILL OF RIGHTS."
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description: "This Act makes a number of revisions to the Law-Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights in Title 11 of the Delaware Code. It adds part-time officers to the coverage of the chapter. It distinguishes between formal investigations and informal inquiries, but requires that even informal inquiries must comport with federal and State law, including NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975) and Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 205"
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citation: "Delaware HB 205 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 6
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-21"
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last_action: "2023-08-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ff42d1f-948f-4529-b04d-c40e17d237be"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140697"
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source_hash: "8372296a4102659738077806d20549038b04532ff3a78300e5cec71638fe98ea"
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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 205 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BILL OF RIGHTS.
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This Act makes a number of revisions to the Law-Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights in Title 11 of the Delaware Code. It adds part-time officers to the coverage of the chapter. It distinguishes between formal investigations and informal inquiries, but requires that even informal inquiries must comport with federal and State law, including NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975) and Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967).
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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=140697&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB205)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-21** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 205 `introduction`
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- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-22** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-08-07** 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/3ff42d1f-948f-4529-b04d-c40e17d237be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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