Delaware House Bill 406 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 22 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-22 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Volunteer Firefighters have been a valuable part of public safety to the citizens of the State of Delaware for over 200 years. They have provided fire, rescue, and EMS services, which have saved many lives and averted millions of dollars of property loss in those years. They are, and have been, an asset to our State and have saved our citizens millions of dollars in operating cost. According to the most recent report from the Delaware Auditors’ Office it would cost taxpayers over $193,000,000 to replace the volunteers with a career department. Today, as has been the case for many years, the ranks of Volunteer Firefighters are declining in the State of Delaware. In order to try to bolster those ranks, this bill exempts anyone applying for membership of a volunteer fire company from paying the cost of a background check done by the State of Delaware Bureau of Identification. At the same time, the members of General Assembly of the State of Delaware encourage all citizens to serve their communities as members of their Volunteer Fire Companies. There is no greater gift than to provide public safety to your communities.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Volunteer Firefighters.

Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Sen. Gary Simpson [R]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]
Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. William Outten [R]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]
Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]
Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Karen Peterson [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

2016-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-22	House	Signed by Governor
2016-06-30	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-22	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-06-16	Senate	Assigned to Public Safety Committee in Senate
2016-06-16	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-06-15	House	Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY) in House with 9 On Its Merits
2016-06-08	House	Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/7b5b66632d25deba85257fc5004e8cb1?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+406/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/f9d92393c47c745085257fe30002bd74?OpenDocument