---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29, CHAPTER 90D OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES."
description: "This Act does all of the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Delaware SB 161 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Ruth Briggs King", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-01"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbcdd1dd-6424-461a-a198-ef37f3e784c5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140498"
source_hash: "698fcf0e1a9a8ea85ec4d85a201857ceed7021fc51bcd0b0e7df8eee0711dd6d"
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 161 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29, CHAPTER 90D OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

This Act does all of the following:

## 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=140498&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB161)

## Votes

- 3/5 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-30** 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/dbcdd1dd-6424-461a-a198-ef37f3e784c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).