---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVIDER ADVISORY BOARD."
description: "This Act strengthens the role and responsibilities of the Provider Advisory Board in regard to the implementation and enforcement of The Delaware Child Care Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Delaware HB 12 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave G. Lawson", "John A. Kowalko"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c581a0f-7cbd-4552-adf0-4043da24ad56"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=27039"
source_hash: "630954c2464bb02c89ba59cb7932e92c815a8dba917b23e5e8057f31020dd3f3"
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 12 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVIDER ADVISORY BOARD.

This Act strengthens the role and responsibilities of the Provider Advisory Board in regard to the implementation and enforcement of The Delaware Child Care Act.

## 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=27039&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB12)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2019-07-31** 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/5c581a0f-7cbd-4552-adf0-4043da24ad56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).