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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 13, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE."
+description: "Sections 1 through 6 of this Act revise the State's existing child abuse laws as follows:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 182"
+citation: "Delaware HB 182 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Kendra Johnson", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-01"
+last_action: "2023-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50c4f48e-ea46-4524-965a-508100bde1d4"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140491"
+source_hash: "769dc510934f3d24f8aacb2a8d4902f5d7db1611e25a0a0a9c749c16063024f3"
+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 182 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 13, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.
+
+Sections 1 through 6 of this Act revise the State's existing child abuse laws as follows:
+
+## 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=140491&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB182)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **39–1** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
+- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
+- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
+- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-06-13** Amendment HA 1 to HB 182 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 182 - Defeated By House. Votes: 6 YES 33 NO 2 ABSENT `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-20** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-07-31** 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/50c4f48e-ea46-4524-965a-508100bde1d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+