republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-126.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.	The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 mandated that states allow families that receive child care assistance to continue receiving that assistance for at least 90 days after losing their job provided they are seeking employment during that time. The federal law did not expressly stipulate that states must allow families to qualify for and begin receiving assistance so that they could search for a job, however 14 states have enacted policies to expand eligibility to those families. This legislation codifies the federal intent that families be eligible to continue receiving assistance for 90 non-consecutive days in a year, and extends that eligibility to families who want to start receiving assistance in order to seek employment for up to 90 days.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 126	Delaware HB 126 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Sean M. Lynn	1	9	2	2017-04-05	2018-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d49315c9-b150-47a4-bad3-45495056e13a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25615	f7cadf19ed9bf511b46c0d9e11f544dc548c4b9cb6a97e7637ff6294f9e39f21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 126 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.

The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 mandated that states allow families that receive child care assistance to continue receiving that assistance for at least 90 days after losing their job provided they are seeking employment during that time. The federal law did not expressly stipulate that states must allow families to qualify for and begin receiving assistance so that they could search for a job, however 14 states have enacted policies to expand eligibility to those families. This legislation codifies the federal intent that families be eligible to continue receiving assistance for 90 non-consecutive days in a year, and extends that eligibility to families who want to start receiving assistance in order to seek employment for up to 90 days.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-05 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-01 Amendment HA 1 to HB 126 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-30 Amendment HA 1 to HB 126 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-30 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
• 2018-01-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-03-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d49315c9-b150-47a4-bad3-45495056e13a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).