Delaware House Bill 1 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-12-19 - Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House
Pending: House Veterans Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act establishes a new state-level Department of Veterans Affairs led by a cabinet-level Secretary to advocate for and administer programs relating to veterans in the State of Delaware. It is the intent of this legislation that current staff of the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Veterans Affairs will continue their work, but as part of the new Department of Veterans Affairs, with the potential for expanded staff and duties in accordance with annual appropriations. Employees of the Department in supervisory positions are required to be veterans. For non-supervisory and casual/seasonal positions, non-veterans may be hired when a qualified veteran is not available.

An Act To Amend The Delaware Code Relating To Creation Of A Delaware Department Of Veterans Affairs.

Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]
Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. David Lawson [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Rep. Mara Gorman [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]
Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]	Sen. Eric Buckson [R]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-12-19		Introduced and Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141733
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141733&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB1