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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.	This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 302, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 302:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 302	Delaware HB 302 (149)	bill		enacted	David Bentz Debra Heffernan John A. Kowalko Margaret Rose Henry Valerie Longhurst	1	13	2	2018-03-06	2018-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/6e0b6b88-ce72-4c07-96cf-04ffd429f6c7	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26339	87b7d402cbb1b36f1d4306eca1a86275d4d68764d3b6ad5547eb0babdeecd360	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 302 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 AND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

This Substitute Act incorporates House Bill No. 302, and also makes the following changes to House Bill No. 302:

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-06 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 302, and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 3 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 1 to HA 2 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 2 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 3 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 4 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-03-27 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-03-28 Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-04-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-04-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e0b6b88-ce72-4c07-96cf-04ffd429f6c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).