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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WELFARE."
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description: "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."
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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 244"
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citation: "Delaware SB 244 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Walsh", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-06-12"
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last_action: "2018-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f376653-39eb-4350-ab3e-12331e3bdae9"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26832"
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source_hash: "10f92394070bcc2b2f76bc85bd750b1c5e262e35652304d069f2a7a4d208fee4"
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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 244 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO WELFARE.
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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.
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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=26832&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB244)
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## Votes
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- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John Walsh — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-12** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-20** Amendment SA 1 to SB 244 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-21** Amendment SA 1 to SB 244 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-22** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-26** Re-Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-08-10** 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/8f376653-39eb-4350-ab3e-12331e3bdae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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