republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-164.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.	This bill dissolves the Human Trafficking Coordinating Council and reestablishes it as the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council. The bill establishes the members of the Council and the chair and vice-chair. The bill also requires that a public awareness sign must be displayed at locations designated by the Council.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 164	Delaware HB 164 (149)	bill		enacted	Gerald W. Hocker Helene M. Keeley Margaret Rose Henry Timothy D. Dukes	1	11	2	2017-05-09	2017-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e0ca5cb2-6252-4f52-90fb-d669982c19d2	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25727	1223e00c5308321e28379c593c246924cfa5a40ad0e4962622210549528e682c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 164 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

This bill dissolves the Human Trafficking Coordinating Council and reestablishes it as the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council. The bill establishes the members of the Council and the chair and vice-chair. The bill also requires that a public awareness sign must be displayed at locations designated by the Council.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-08 Amendment HA 1 to HB 164 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-23 Amendment HA 2 to HB 164 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 164 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-27 Amendment HA 2 to HB 164 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-27 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-27 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2017-09-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0ca5cb2-6252-4f52-90fb-d669982c19d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).