---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS."
description: "This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 302, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 302:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Delaware HB 302 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Debra Heffernan", "John A. Kowalko", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-06"
last_action: "2018-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0b6b88-ce72-4c07-96cf-04ffd429f6c7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26339"
source_hash: "87b7d402cbb1b36f1d4306eca1a86275d4d68764d3b6ad5547eb0babdeecd360"
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 302 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 302, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 302:

## 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=26339&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-06** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 302, and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 3 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 1 to HA 2 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 3 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Amendment HA 4 to HS 1 - 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`
- **2018-04-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-04-30** 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/6e0b6b88-ce72-4c07-96cf-04ffd429f6c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).