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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DELAWARE LIBRARIES."
+description: "This Act is the Delaware Libraries for All Act. It explicitly adds “public libraries” to the definition of “place of public accommodation” for purposes of Delaware’s Equal Accommodations Law. It also directs the Delaware Library Consortium to develop and adopt common policies concerning collection, development, and other topics in order to ensure equitable access and the right to read for all Delawareans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 299"
+citation: "Delaware HB 299 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Valerie Longhurst"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d96b855-ac58-489a-b3e0-72097e28a0f5"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140900"
+source_hash: "f925b309dfc9e19ee304e3c9c6fa49672cd39871856a87ded46b6129b49483ca"
+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 299 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DELAWARE LIBRARIES.
+
+This Act is the Delaware Libraries for All Act. It explicitly adds “public libraries” to the definition of “place of public accommodation” for purposes of Delaware’s Equal Accommodations Law. It also directs the Delaware Library Consortium to develop and adopt common policies concerning collection, development, and other topics in order to ensure equitable access and the right to read for all Delawareans.
+
+## 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=140900&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB299)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **30–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
+- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
+- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-12** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** Passed By House. Votes: 30 YES 5 NO 6 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
+- **2024-08-29** 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/0d96b855-ac58-489a-b3e0-72097e28a0f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+