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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES."
+description: "This bill sets forth revisions to the Code related to Adult Protective Services. The bill updates language to reflect best practices and current names of agencies and class positions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 362"
+citation: "Delaware HB 362 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-29"
+last_action: "2018-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/678fdde4-df59-47bd-9b02-4a19c75b84dc"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26452"
+source_hash: "6af089915ceb54c1c270fdf093f290d3b01230515ab812b099705ebc10416d9d"
+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 362 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
+
+This bill sets forth revisions to the Code related to Adult Protective Services. The bill updates language to reflect best practices and current names of agencies and class positions.
+
+## 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=26452&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB362)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- David Bentz — primary (person)
+- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
+- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-29** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-03** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-05-08** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-28** Rules Suspended in Senate
+- **2018-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2018-07-23** 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/678fdde4-df59-47bd-9b02-4a19c75b84dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+