republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-182.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESPONSES TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.	This bill clarifies that the reviews of child abuse and neglect deaths and near deaths are confidential and should not be used in any proceedings. It ensures that the committees and panels who do the work on behalf of the Child Protection Accountability Commission are protected. Finally, the bill clarifies that any duties of the State for public disclosure in these cases under the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act will not be fulfilled by these confidential reviews conducted by the Commission as Delaware’s Citizen Review Panel.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 182	Delaware HB 182 (149)	bill		enacted	Ernesto B Lopez Margaret Rose Henry Melanie George Smith Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2017-05-16	2017-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/11c0f9c8-3f69-4ce3-90a7-d1a250eb82d1	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25792	43b8037515f6c99b71918139eea909f7f05eccc4f8d74a8277406d036a423e0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 182 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RESPONSES TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

This bill clarifies that the reviews of child abuse and neglect deaths and near deaths are confidential and should not be used in any proceedings. It ensures that the committees and panels who do the work on behalf of the Child Protection Accountability Commission are protected. Finally, the bill clarifies that any duties of the State for public disclosure in these cases under the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act will not be fulfilled by these confidential reviews conducted by the Commission as Delaware’s Citizen Review Panel.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-16 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-15 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2017-06-15 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-27 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2017-08-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11c0f9c8-3f69-4ce3-90a7-d1a250eb82d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).