republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-4.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14, 15, 18, 19, 29 AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT BY CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES; TRANSFERRING SELECTED DIVISIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS FROM THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES; AMENDING REFERENCES TO SUPERSEDED AGENCIES OR OFFICERS; ALIGNING THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION ON WOMEN BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT AND ADVOCACY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.	This legislation amends the Delaware Code to establish the Department of Human Resources by transferring various divisions and other organizational units from the Office of Management and Budget to the newly established Department of Human Resources. The powers and duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources are aligned to reflect the transfers of the divisions and other organizational units of the newly established Department of Human Resources. Various sections of the Delaware Code are amended to reflect changes in titles and nomenclature.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 4	Delaware HB 4 (149)	bill		enacted	Valerie Longhurst	1	8	2	2017-06-06	2017-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/1f25c3dd-f4ba-4572-a69e-302166e40100	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25891	e1a1d644f0b710a6f3d51b34135e800ca92e143c844595a0486d438ce7a84204	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 4 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14, 15, 18, 19, 29 AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT BY CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES; TRANSFERRING SELECTED DIVISIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS FROM THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES; AMENDING REFERENCES TO SUPERSEDED AGENCIES OR OFFICERS; ALIGNING THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION ON WOMEN BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT AND ADVOCACY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

This legislation amends the Delaware Code to establish the Department of Human Resources by transferring various divisions and other organizational units from the Office of Management and Budget to the newly established Department of Human Resources. The powers and duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources are aligned to reflect the transfers of the divisions and other organizational units of the newly established Department of Human Resources. Various sections of the Delaware Code are amended to reflect changes in titles and nomenclature.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06 Introduced in House and Assigned to House Administration Committee introduction
• 2017-06-14 Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-14 Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2017-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2017-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2017-06-20 Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-07-01 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2017-07-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f25c3dd-f4ba-4572-a69e-302166e40100. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).