republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-244.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WELFARE.	This bill provides technical changes and also creates the Committee on Employment and Social Services consolidating the work conducted by the Welfare Employment Committee and Social Service Advisory Council created by Executive Order Six-Eight signed by then Governor Michael N. Castle.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 244	Delaware SB 244 (149)	bill		enacted	John Walsh Stephanie T. Bolden	1	10	2	2018-06-12	2018-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/8f376653-39eb-4350-ab3e-12331e3bdae9	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26832	10f92394070bcc2b2f76bc85bd750b1c5e262e35652304d069f2a7a4d208fee4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 244 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WELFARE.

This bill provides technical changes and also creates the Committee on Employment and Social Services consolidating the work conducted by the Welfare Employment Committee and Social Service Advisory Council created by Executive Order Six-Eight signed by then Governor Michael N. Castle.

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 — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John Walsh — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-12 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-20 Amendment SA 1 to SB 244 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-21 Amendment SA 1 to SB 244 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT amendment-passage
• 2018-06-21 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-22 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-08-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f376653-39eb-4350-ab3e-12331e3bdae9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).