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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SERVICES FOR YOUTH. The 18-month recidivism rate among juveniles released from Delawares Level 4 and Level 5 juvenile detention facilities is over 80%. This Act creates a fund to allow the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families to award competitive grants for the targeted provision of services that have been proven effective in helping juveniles avoid contact with the criminal justice system. This Act also allocates $500,000 for FY 2022 to the Fund for provision of cognitive behavioral therapy services and vocational training services. Finally, the bill updates outdated language. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 HB 162 Delaware HB 162 (151)
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Delaware HB 162 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SERVICES FOR YOUTH.

The 18-month recidivism rate among juveniles released from Delawares Level 4 and Level 5 juvenile detention facilities is over 80%. This Act creates a fund to allow the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families to award competitive grants for the targeted provision of services that have been proven effective in helping juveniles avoid contact with the criminal justice system. This Act also allocates $500,000 for FY 2022 to the Fund for provision of cognitive behavioral therapy services and vocational training services. Finally, the bill updates outdated language.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 3/5 — 210 (pass) · upper
  • 2/3 — 400 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
  • Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
  • Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
  • Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-04-28 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-05-12 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-13 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-04 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-04 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-06-10 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-06-10 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-17 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2021-06-22 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2021-11-08 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34f8e6f6-a1a0-40d1-bac8-28574e6cf09c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).