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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR VOLUNTEERING WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS."
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description: "This Act updates the Delaware Volunteerism Act to specify that high school students may complete their community service with local fire departments to obtain up to 1 elective credit. It also requires schools to notify students of the opportunity to earn elective credit through volunteer work at or before the time students select their classes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 171"
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citation: "Delaware HB 171 (153)"
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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", "Bryan Townsend", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "Debra Heffernan", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Ray Seigfried", "Russell Huxtable", "Stell Parker Selby", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-15"
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last_action: "2025-09-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47775d87-b5e7-428d-b41f-e0cbffc90a70"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142306"
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source_hash: "d9b02296b38a2fe30def29b1394d7e7438d3bae98f9ead9d9ab1452e7431f3da"
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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 171 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR VOLUNTEERING WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
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This Act updates the Delaware Volunteerism Act to specify that high school students may complete their community service with local fire departments to obtain up to 1 elective credit. It also requires schools to notify students of the opportunity to earn elective credit through volunteer work at or before the time students select their classes.
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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. **HA 1 to HB 171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142558&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — 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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- **2025-05-15** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 171 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 171 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-09-09** 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/47775d87-b5e7-428d-b41f-e0cbffc90a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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