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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 291"
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citation: "Delaware HB 291 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerald W. Hocker", "Helene M. Keeley", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-02-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e764a3d6-f124-4b91-aa9a-d65498219f20"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26237"
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source_hash: "1afae8f1bb5ff0a7f585ccc8c394b9cb1055e4c2c04261b7c38866f752e5c7fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 291 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=26237&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB291)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald W. Hocker — primary (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-10** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-11** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-01-17** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-24** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-01-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-02-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e764a3d6-f124-4b91-aa9a-d65498219f20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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