republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-324.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT.	This Act requires that the Office of Child Care Licensing include application forms, the specific requirements to obtain a license, and due process provisions in regulations to ensure that child care providers have clear notice of what is required, the opportunity to comment on proposed changes, and an opportunity to correct minor deficiencies before they are posted on the Office of Child Care Licensing’s website as an instance of noncompliance.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 324	Delaware HB 324 (149)	bill		enacted	John A. Kowalko Margaret Rose Henry	1	8	2	2018-03-01	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/7051fa5f-9468-4164-8102-50d6d782f63c	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26328	0b98ef8ccf7ff24cfe2cccdb22ff5b0023754924c57b87100a3ca13d1e9c1bc3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 324 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT.

This Act requires that the Office of Child Care Licensing include application forms, the specific requirements to obtain a license, and due process provisions in regulations to ensure that child care providers have clear notice of what is required, the opportunity to comment on proposed changes, and an opportunity to correct minor deficiencies before they are posted on the Office of Child Care Licensing’s website as an instance of noncompliance.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John A. Kowalko — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
• Bryon H. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-01 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-27 Amendment HA 1 to HB 324 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 324 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-04-29 Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2018-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7051fa5f-9468-4164-8102-50d6d782f63c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).