republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-291.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.	This Act clarifies that the representative appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council shall serve as the Council’s temporary chair for the purposes of organizing the initial meeting of the members. A permanent Chair and Vice Chair are to be elected at the first organizational meeting and shall be elected annually thereafter from among the members of the Council.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 291	Delaware HB 291 (149)	bill		enacted	Gerald W. Hocker Helene M. Keeley Margaret Rose Henry Timothy D. Dukes	1	7	2	2018-01-09	2018-02-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e764a3d6-f124-4b91-aa9a-d65498219f20	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26237	1afae8f1bb5ff0a7f585ccc8c394b9cb1055e4c2c04261b7c38866f752e5c7fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 291 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

This Act clarifies that the representative appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council shall serve as the Council’s temporary chair for the purposes of organizing the initial meeting of the members. A permanent Chair and Vice Chair are to be elected at the first organizational meeting and shall be elected annually thereafter from among the members of 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 — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-10 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-01-11 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2018-01-17 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-01-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-02-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e764a3d6-f124-4b91-aa9a-d65498219f20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).