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DeLano was first elected to the Mississippi House for a partial term in a special election held in the fall of 2009 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Republican Michael W. Janus, who instead became the city manager of D'Iberville in Harrison County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Janus|title=Michael Janus|publisher=Ballotpedia.com|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He ran without opposition in the [[general election]]s held on November 8, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2011|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>

DeLano was first elected to the Mississippi House for a partial term in a special election held in the fall of 2009 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Republican Michael W. Janus, who instead became the city manager of D'Iberville in Harrison County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Janus|title=Michael Janus|publisher=Ballotpedia.com|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He ran without opposition in the [[general election]]s held on November 8, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2011|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>

and November 3, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> DeLano sits on these House committees: (1) Technology (chairman), (2) Appropriations, (3) Education, (4) Gaming, and (5) Insurance, <ref name=pvs/>

and November 3, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> DeLano sits on these House committees: (1) Technology (chairman), (2) Appropriations, (3) Education, (4) Gaming, and (5) Insurance,<ref name=pvs/>

Representative DeLano voted in 2012 to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi and co-sponsored the bill to permit [[prayer]] in Mississippi public schools.<ref name=voting/>In 2013, as the then chairman of the House Constitution Committee, DeLano rebuffed [[conservative]]s who urged him to permit a vote on proposed legislation that would have attempted to neutralize federal laws opposed in Mississippi.

Representative DeLano voted in 2012 to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi and co-sponsored the bill to permit [[prayer]] in Mississippi public schools.<ref name=voting/> In 2013, as the then chairman of the House Constitution Committee, DeLano rebuffed [[conservative]]s who urged him to permit a vote on proposed legislation that would have attempted to neutralize federal laws opposed in Mississippi.

DeLano compared the bill to revival of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, which had unsuccessfully sought in the 1960s to block school desegregation in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/02/state_rep_scott_delano_r-bilox.html|title=State Rep. Scot DeLano, R-Biloxi, kills Mississippi sovereignty bill in committee|publisher=blog.gulflive.com|date=February 4, 2013|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>  

DeLano compared the bill to revival of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, which had unsuccessfully sought in the 1960s to block school desegregation in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2013/02/state_rep_scott_delano_r-bilox.html|title=State Rep. Scot DeLano, R-Biloxi, kills Mississippi sovereignty bill in committee|publisher=blog.gulflive.com|date=February 4, 2013|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>