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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE."
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description: "The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the Delaware Code where the other 5 branches of the armed forces are specifically enumerated This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
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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 310"
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citation: "Delaware HB 310 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Daniel B. Short", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "Edward S. Osienski", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Richard G. Collins", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-25"
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last_action: "2024-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2060371f-02dc-40f8-8ec4-eeb4eb482e58"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140899"
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source_hash: "02a71fb3eadb7be7151af647da82d75b68cfd641f4856ca504688d7afac24a00"
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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 310 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE.
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The United States Space Force was established on December 20, 2019 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Space Force became the 6th branch of the United States Armed Forces. This Act inserts the Space Force in those sections of the Delaware Code where the other 5 branches of the armed forces are specifically enumerated This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
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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=140899&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB310)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141099&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — 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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- **2024-01-25** Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 310 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 16 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 310 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-04-16** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-04-16** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 8 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-07-29** 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/2060371f-02dc-40f8-8ec4-eeb4eb482e58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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