---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTION COUNCIL."
description: "This Act makes changes to the operating requirements for the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "Delaware HB 27 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "Kimberly Williams", "Mara Gorman", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Stell Parker Selby", "Timothy D. Dukes", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-19"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d470e8e3-9cbe-4282-a181-af90570111d5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141730"
source_hash: "e8e5a99b1c16453740ed503b8ec3066f1301cf01e1738f87eb0a84d87733f7f8"
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 27 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTION COUNCIL.

This Act makes changes to the operating requirements for the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HA 1 to HB 27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141845&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 27 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Amendment HA 1 to HB 27 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-01-30** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-05-07** 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/d470e8e3-9cbe-4282-a181-af90570111d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).