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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS AND THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN."
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description: "This Act allows the Public Guardian to act as a representative payee for Social Security benefits or as a VA fiduciary for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. This Act also allows the Court to appoint a guardian with limited powers, to act as guardian for specific areas of decision-making or for a specific term. By making these changes, this Act will allow the Public Guardian to serve in a more limited role where appropriate, and assist more Delawareans who need short-term assistance, such as to qualify for Medicaid in order to arrange for long-term care or to handle routine financial matters but not make decisions about the care of the person. The ability to serve in a more limited role will increase the Public Guardian's capacity to assist people while the Non-Acute Patient Medical Guardianship Task Force studies options and develops recommendations to improve non-acute patient transitions from acute care settings to more appropriate locations. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 123"
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citation: "Delaware HB 123 (150)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Raymond Seigfried"]
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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: "2019-05-02"
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last_action: "2019-07-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d88b510-13a5-42b3-95e7-bf695bc0974d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47406"
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source_hash: "8dbb00474471a9376d6b9e1936164275f2cef07176aaedf19a169d10c2f2c99c"
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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 123 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS AND THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN.
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This Act allows the Public Guardian to act as a representative payee for Social Security benefits or as a VA fiduciary for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. This Act also allows the Court to appoint a guardian with limited powers, to act as guardian for specific areas of decision-making or for a specific term. By making these changes, this Act will allow the Public Guardian to serve in a more limited role where appropriate, and assist more Delawareans who need short-term assistance, such as to qualify for Medicaid in order to arrange for long-term care or to handle routine financial matters but not make decisions about the care of the person. The ability to serve in a more limited role will increase the Public Guardian's capacity to assist people while the Non-Acute Patient Medical Guardianship Task Force studies options and develops recommendations to improve non-acute patient transitions from acute care settings to more appropriate locations. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
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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=47406&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Raymond Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-02** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 123, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-05-09** Assigned to Judicial Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-07-04** 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/6d88b510-13a5-42b3-95e7-bf695bc0974d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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