republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-11.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.	This Act removes the prohibition against receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (“TANF” also referred to by the name Aid for Families with Dependent Children or “AFDC”) funds by persons convicted of a drug felony, so long as that person is otherwise eligible or TANF assistance.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 11	Delaware HB 11 (149)	bill		enacted	David Bentz Debra Heffernan Harris B. McDowell	1	7	2	2016-12-15	2017-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/7a5b774b-c9ba-454f-8433-4533a82b2372	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25337	c7dbb3023b3c6a756780f6904638adf8cb30d9a5333c02b3622c77f1c847fdaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 11 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

This Act removes the prohibition against receipt of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (“TANF” also referred to by the name Aid for Families with Dependent Children or “AFDC”) funds by persons convicted of a drug felony, so long as that person is otherwise eligible or TANF assistance.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 37–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-15 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-21 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-03-21 Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-02 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-28 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a5b774b-c9ba-454f-8433-4533a82b2372. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).