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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.	This Act creates a Deputy Secretary position within the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (“Department”) and exempts the position from the Merit System under Chapter 59 of Title 29. The Secretary of the Department may establish the powers, duties, and functions of the Deputy Secretary.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 151	Delaware HB 151 (150)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend Krista Griffith Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2019-05-09	2019-07-04	openstates	ocd-bill/24f34f82-74b3-4aca-b188-e9bfc3675474	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47455	05b1871d91914cc0131e14582d6e5b75279472fec8b138b62a42b4b9f9640509	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 151 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.

This Act creates a Deputy Secretary position within the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (“Department”) and exempts the position from the Merit System under Chapter 59 of Title 29. The Secretary of the Department may establish the powers, duties, and functions of the Deputy Secretary.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-09 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-06 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-06 Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-07-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24f34f82-74b3-4aca-b188-e9bfc3675474. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).