---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PATIENT ABUSE."
description: "This Act provides that any adult day care facility required to be licensed under Chapter 1 of Title 16 is subject to the existing reporting obligations for facilities under Subchapter III of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Delaware Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Delaware SB 123 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Michael Ramone", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Ruth Briggs King", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-11"
last_action: "2023-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcc2c2b0-7254-4952-87f9-4e6080f6b0d5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130370"
source_hash: "9840bc4b5e052e17a19a02a4d122a7b7e9f9051272f2c7d346b7e8501ae7bc16"
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 SB 123 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PATIENT ABUSE.

This Act provides that any adult day care facility required to be licensed under Chapter 1 of Title 16 is subject to the existing reporting obligations for facilities under Subchapter III of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Delaware Code.

## 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=130370&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB123)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Michael Ramone — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-11** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-09-21** 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/dcc2c2b0-7254-4952-87f9-4e6080f6b0d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).