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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT."
+description: "This Act requires that the Office of Child Care Licensing include application forms, the specific requirements to obtain a license, and due process provisions in regulations to ensure that child care providers have clear notice of what is required, the opportunity to comment on proposed changes, and an opportunity to correct minor deficiencies before they are posted on the Office of Child Care Licensing’s website as an instance of noncompliance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 324"
+citation: "Delaware HB 324 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John A. Kowalko", "Margaret Rose Henry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-01"
+last_action: "2018-08-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7051fa5f-9468-4164-8102-50d6d782f63c"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26328"
+source_hash: "0b98ef8ccf7ff24cfe2cccdb22ff5b0023754924c57b87100a3ca13d1e9c1bc3"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 324 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT.
+
+This Act requires that the Office of Child Care Licensing include application forms, the specific requirements to obtain a license, and due process provisions in regulations to ensure that child care providers have clear notice of what is required, the opportunity to comment on proposed changes, and an opportunity to correct minor deficiencies before they are posted on the Office of Child Care Licensing’s website as an instance of noncompliance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26328&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB324)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
+- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
+- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-01** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 324 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-26** Amendment HA 1 to HB 324 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2018-04-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-04-29** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2018-08-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7051fa5f-9468-4164-8102-50d6d782f63c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+