republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/sb-111.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.	The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee approved a project to work with the Governor's Office throughout 2018 and 2019 to identify antiquated boards, commissions, and councils that need statutory updates or outright repeals. The Advisory Council to the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services was identified as needing updates to change terms to “up to” 3 years, remove political party balance, and make it easier to fill vacancies.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	SB 111	Delaware SB 111 (150)	bill		enacted	David Bentz S. Elizabeth Lockman	1	7	2	2019-05-29	2019-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/43d51cc9-4ed2-44ee-b31b-1bd4f7b3216a	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47515	32e8451977d681eb8112a45c92140b34105ede98730b0edb54a2143e1f53f00d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 111 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.

The Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee approved a project to work with the Governor's Office throughout 2018 and 2019 to identify antiquated boards, commissions, and councils that need statutory updates or outright repeals. The Advisory Council to the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services was identified as needing updates to change terms to “up to” 3 years, remove political party balance, and make it easier to fill vacancies.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-29 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-05 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2019-06-20 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-07-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43d51cc9-4ed2-44ee-b31b-1bd4f7b3216a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).