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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.	This bill sets forth revisions to the Code related to Adult Protective Services. The bill updates language to reflect best practices and current names of agencies and class positions.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 362	Delaware HB 362 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David Bentz	1	8	2	2018-03-29	2018-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/678fdde4-df59-47bd-9b02-4a19c75b84dc	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26452	6af089915ceb54c1c270fdf093f290d3b01230515ab812b099705ebc10416d9d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 362 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

This bill sets forth revisions to the Code related to Adult Protective Services. The bill updates language to reflect best practices and current names of agencies and class positions.

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 — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-29 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-05-03 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-08 Assigned to Health, Children & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Health, Children & Social Services) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-28 Rules Suspended in Senate
• 2018-06-28 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/678fdde4-df59-47bd-9b02-4a19c75b84dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).