---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GREEN ALERT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN MISSING PERSONS."
description: "This Act creates the Green Alert Program to aid in locating missing members of the armed forces, including veterans, who have a physical or mental health condition that is related to their service. This Act is modeled after Delaware’s existing Gold Alert and Blue Alert Programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 368"
citation: "Delaware HB 368 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "John J. Viola"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-12"
last_action: "2018-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17403d5-5188-4fe4-ad4c-0df24e4bfe43"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26483"
source_hash: "c3020adec9f155329fc0bee4ceffabf99e1315642219cad1659fe94361c581a1"
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 368 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GREEN ALERT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN MISSING PERSONS.

This Act creates the Green Alert Program to aid in locating missing members of the armed forces, including veterans, who have a physical or mental health condition that is related to their service. This Act is modeled after Delaware’s existing Gold Alert and Blue Alert Programs.

## 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=26483&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB368)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- John J. Viola — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-12** Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in House with 1 Favorable, 15 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 368 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-07** Amendment HA 1 to HB 368 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2018-06-09** Assigned to Veterans Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Veterans Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Rules Suspended in Senate
- **2018-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-08-29** 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/b17403d5-5188-4fe4-ad4c-0df24e4bfe43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).