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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FREE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS."
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description: "This Act requires that feminine hygiene products be provided free of charge to individuals in custody at facilities operated by the Department of Correction and facilities operated by the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families."
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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: "SB 166"
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citation: "Delaware SB 166 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Catherine Cloutier", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2018-03-28"
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last_action: "2018-09-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f532a8cc-148e-4f2b-8c09-2eaba73b2ce8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26416"
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source_hash: "3c853b4f3b5e049eceba47e8e78ff761884e81fde82829eadbf6c89ca070ccc9"
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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 SB 166 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FREE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
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This Act requires that feminine hygiene products be provided free of charge to individuals in custody at facilities operated by the Department of Correction and facilities operated by the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families.
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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=26416&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB166)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- James Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2018-05-01** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-09** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-09-13** 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/f532a8cc-148e-4f2b-8c09-2eaba73b2ce8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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