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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Delaware HB 164 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Helene M. Keeley", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-09"
last_action: "2017-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0ca5cb2-6252-4f52-90fb-d669982c19d2"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25727"
source_hash: "1223e00c5308321e28379c593c246924cfa5a40ad0e4962622210549528e682c"
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 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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25727&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB164)
## Votes
- SM — **370** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0ca5cb2-6252-4f52-90fb-d669982c19d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).