# Frank Burns

Frank Burns is a Democratic member of the Delaware House for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Delaware House, district 21
- Serving since: 2024-11-06
- Current term: DE 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f94d59b8-6120-43d2-9788-b30fe945d8d2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f94d59b8-6120-43d2-9788-b30fe945d8d2 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Burns sits at −1.13 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.13 (standard error 0.04), from 231 donors and 225 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.9% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (DE 2025–26 session)

658 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Delaware House 94.5%). Party unity 98.9% (94.5%). 8 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 234 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FIRST RESPONDERS. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB234/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · HB 445 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LARGE ENERGY USE FACILITIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB445/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 347 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE MEDICAL DEBT PROTECTION ACT · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB347/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 1 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 18, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE, AND CHAPTER 237, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO PRIMARY… · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB1/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · HB 190 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO GRANTS-IN-AID. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB190/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 332 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL VANITY LICENSE PLATES. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB332/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Veto Override · SB 75 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOCAL CONTROL OF RETAIL MARIJUANA STORES BY COUNTIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB75/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 255 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TINTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, WINDOWS, OR SIDE WINGS. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB255/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · SB 337 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND… · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB337/
- 2026-07-01 · voted yea · Passage · HB 373 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA. · pass · https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB373/

## Legislation (DE 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 33 passed both, 28 became law. Cosponsored 209. 80.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Delaware House 79.5%; rank 26 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 479: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB479/
- HB 233: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LARGE ENERGY USE FACILITIES. (became law, 2026-08-26) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB233/
- SB 326: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB326/
- SB 321: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATED TO UTILITY BILLING. (became law, 2026-08-27) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB321/
- HCR 128: DECLARING THAT MAY 17-23, 2026, IS "CHILDREN'S RESEARCH WEEK" AND RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF NEMOURS CHILDREN’S HEALTH DELAWARE… (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HCR128/
- SB 312: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DATA CENTERS. (became law, 2026-08-26) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB312/
- SB 308: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LOAD FORECAST ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. (became law, 2026-07-23) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/SB308/
- HB 356: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING FOAM AND EQUIPMENT. (became law, 2026-09-30) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB356/
- HB 366: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFICATION. (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB366/
- HB 367: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFICATION. (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/de/bills/153/HB367/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 69% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://housedems.delaware.gov/members/house-district-21/
- Campaign site: https://changeforthe21st.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynwydb/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repfrankburns/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f94d59b8-6120-43d2-9788-b30fe945d8d2