---
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).