---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL."
description: "This Act allows the various at-large members of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to be appointed for 3-year terms and be eligible for reappointment. This change is requested by the Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 301"
citation: "Delaware HB 301 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Deborah Hudson", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a1aea3d-0159-43a4-8c37-7af03800b157"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26263"
source_hash: "abe9391e29e2790c0402809434fdd10a14c8d5e932bf047031c5b8709cba422e"
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 301 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL.

This Act allows the various at-large members of the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to be appointed for 3-year terms and be eligible for reappointment. This change is requested by the Council.

## 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=26263&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB301)

## Votes

- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment HA 1 to HB 301 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 301 - Stricken in House
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 2 to HB 301 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Amendment SA 1 to HB 301 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-25** Amendment SA 1 to HB 301 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-09** 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/7a1aea3d-0159-43a4-8c37-7af03800b157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).