---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON SERVICES FOR AGING AND ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES"
description: "This bill sets forth revisions to the composition of the Council on Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Delaware HB 247 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David Bentz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-20"
last_action: "2018-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57f0fcff-c5db-40fe-8637-35b4f407d765"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26007"
source_hash: "299c099d09d9fd8e3d599c7abd0519c2ef95276db3b3a07e35233c820c594468"
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 247 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON SERVICES FOR AGING AND ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

This bill sets forth revisions to the composition of the Council on Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities.

## 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=26007&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB247)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- David Bentz — primary (person)
- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-20** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-07-12** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Amendment SA 2 to HB 247 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Amendment SA 1 to HB 247 - Stricken in Senate
- **2018-01-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-02-14** 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/57f0fcff-c5db-40fe-8637-35b4f407d765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).