republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-225.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 24, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF LONG TERM CARE RESIDENTS PROTECTION.	House Bill No. 208 of the 149th General Assembly changes the name of the Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection to the Division of Health Care Quality. This Act updates the name of the Division where it appears in the Delaware Code and takes effect upon the enactment of House Bill No. 208. House Bill No. 195 revises Chapter 11 of Title 16, removing references to a specific Division in 2 sections. This Act clarifies that the name change in those sections sunset upon the enactment of House Bill No. 195.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 225	Delaware HB 225 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz	1	11	3	2017-06-13	2018-02-14	openstates	ocd-bill/bf95a669-986e-4e3d-b11e-b1783602b864	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25937	217bd4c65c794ac5308a65f85270ec74bc5be8b2fa5eca76e1d4db050fa6bf83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 225 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16, TITLE 24, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF LONG TERM CARE RESIDENTS PROTECTION.

House Bill No. 208 of the 149th General Assembly changes the name of the Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection to the Division of Health Care Quality. This Act updates the name of the Division where it appears in the Delaware Code and takes effect upon the enactment of House Bill No. 208. House Bill No. 195 revises Chapter 11 of Title 16, removing references to a specific Division in 2 sections. This Act clarifies that the name change in those sections sunset upon the enactment of House Bill No. 195.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-13 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-21 Amendment HA 1 to HB 225 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 225 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-06-29 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
• 2018-01-23 Amendment SA 1 to HB 225 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2018-01-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-01-25 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-02-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf95a669-986e-4e3d-b11e-b1783602b864. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).