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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES."
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description: "This Act requires long-term care facilities to offer the influenza vaccine to all employees with direct contact with patients. It also requires the facility to keep a record of a signed statement from each employee that the vaccine has been offered."
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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 431"
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citation: "Delaware HB 431 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Margaret Rose Henry", "Sean Matthews"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-07"
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last_action: "2018-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9d18163-4198-47b2-99a6-d89078eef846"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26722"
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source_hash: "95c1caae2de2989bb319178c20747affa4928d6d67b6c9914cbd2d9bd59b84f9"
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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 431 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
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This Act requires long-term care facilities to offer the influenza vaccine to all employees with direct contact with patients. It also requires the facility to keep a record of a signed statement from each employee that the vaccine has been offered.
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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=26722&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB431)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-19** Amendment HA 1 to HB 431 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-27** Amendment HA 1 to HB 431 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-07-23** 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/f9d18163-4198-47b2-99a6-d89078eef846`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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