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HB 163 Delaware House · 150th General Assembly (2019-2020)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMS COMPANY VOLUNTEERS.

Summary
Individuals who volunteer their services through stand-alone EMS companies have been a valuable part of public safety to the citizens of the State of Delaware. To try to bolster the ranks of these volunteers, this bill exempts anyone applying for membership of a volunteer EMS company from paying the cost of a background check done by the State of Delaware Bureau of Identification.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced May 30, 2019 Signed Jul 23, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 18, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Jul 23, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Introduced
Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Jun 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 2 to HB 163 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 18, 2019
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 163 - Stricken in House
lower
Jun 12, 2019
Introduced
Amendment HA 2 to HB 163 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Public Safety & Homeland Security) in House with 6 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 163 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
May 30, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
lower
2 primary · 21 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bill Carson
Bill Carson
DDemocratic
DE
28
P
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
AD
Anthony Delcollo
RRepublican
DE
7
Co
Photo of Bill Bush
Bill Bush
DDemocratic
DE
29
Co
Photo of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
Co
Photo of Bryant Richardson
Bryant Richardson
RRepublican
DE
21
Co
Photo of Dave Lawson
Dave Lawson
RRepublican
DE
15
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
EG
Earl G. Jaques Jr.
DDemocratic
DE
27
Co
Photo of Frank Cooke
Frank Cooke
DDemocratic
DE
16
Co
Photo of Gerald Hocker
Gerald Hocker
RRepublican
DE
20
Co
GL
Gerald L. Brady
DDemocratic
DE
4