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type: "Bill"
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title: "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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES; AMENDING REFERENCES TO SUPERSEDED AGENCIES OR OFFICERS; ALIGNING THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE;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."
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description: "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."
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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 4"
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citation: "Delaware HB 4 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-06-06"
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last_action: "2017-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f25c3dd-f4ba-4572-a69e-302166e40100"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25891"
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source_hash: "e1a1d644f0b710a6f3d51b34135e800ca92e143c844595a0486d438ce7a84204"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=25891&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB4)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-06-06** Introduced in House and Assigned to House Administration Committee `introduction`
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- **2017-06-14** Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 4 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2017-06-20** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-07-16** 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/1f25c3dd-f4ba-4572-a69e-302166e40100`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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