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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS."
description: "This bill removes outdated references to permits. It further empowers the Council to designate those jurisdictions outside of the United States that will be recognized for certain types of applications based upon comity. The bill alters the section regarding discipline for examination violations because the examination is now administered in a computerized format. The bill modifies the process for the reporting of case decision recommendations to the Council by its subordinate committees and clarifies that the Council may seek injunctive relief to enforce its cease-and-desist orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Delaware HB 81 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "David L. Wilson", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c21c0ce0-4e92-42eb-94aa-f52d41e324bc"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141957"
source_hash: "eb694ebbd112cf44724cea2393ea56aa92f4e590e142e158b35e4b1aa7a450f5"
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 HB 81 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
This bill removes outdated references to permits. It further empowers the Council to designate those jurisdictions outside of the United States that will be recognized for certain types of applications based upon comity. The bill alters the section regarding discipline for examination violations because the examination is now administered in a computerized format. The bill modifies the process for the reporting of case decision recommendations to the Council by its subordinate committees and clarifies that the Council may seek injunctive relief to enforce its cease-and-desist orders.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- SM — **330** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-18** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Passed By House. Votes: 33 YES 8 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-08-21** 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/c21c0ce0-4e92-42eb-94aa-f52d41e324bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).