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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF LIBRARIES."
description: "This bill updates the statute governing the Delaware Division of Libraries, revising terminology to reflect the varied roles of Delaware libraries in the 21st Century. The bill also codifies existing responsibilities of the Division of Libraries related to coordination of state library technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Delaware HB 94 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Deborah Hudson", "Ernesto B Lopez", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/221cb7d2-ed9a-48fc-98d1-39171f3d969f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25540"
source_hash: "2cc8efc7fe03dc0a409a864b3d6fe05a2d704651913d4d6e379d4a893c12082e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 94 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF LIBRARIES.
This bill updates the statute governing the Delaware Division of Libraries, revising terminology to reflect the varied roles of Delaware libraries in the 21st Century. The bill also codifies existing responsibilities of the Division of Libraries related to coordination of state library technology.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25540&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB94)
## Votes
- SM — **390** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
- Deborah Hudson — primary (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2017-07-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/221cb7d2-ed9a-48fc-98d1-39171f3d969f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).