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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 11"
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citation: "Delaware HB 11 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Debra Heffernan", "Harris B. McDowell"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2016-12-15"
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last_action: "2017-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a5b774b-c9ba-454f-8433-4533a82b2372"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25337"
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source_hash: "c7dbb3023b3c6a756780f6904638adf8cb30d9a5333c02b3622c77f1c847fdaf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 11 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25337&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB11)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-15** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-03-21** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-03-21** Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2017-05-02** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a5b774b-c9ba-454f-8433-4533a82b2372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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