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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING."
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description: "This Act is designed to increase the opportunity for Delaware children to undergo developmental screening with a research-based screening tool at an early age in order to identify children who may be eligible for Early Intervention or special education services. It requires any applicant for a license or renewal of a license to operate a child care facility on or after July 1, 2023 to commit that each child between the age of birth and 5 years old (who has not yet entered kindergarten) enrolled by the child care provider will undergo developmental and social emotional screening. The screening mechanism to be used is the screening system approved by the Department of Education and will be administered by the parent or guardian of the child seeking to be enrolled in the child care facility."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 202"
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citation: "Delaware HB 202 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Nicole Poore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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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: "2021-05-20"
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last_action: "2021-10-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ad7bf89-781f-48ab-8ffd-c29563f55b09"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78746"
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source_hash: "36193651137092765980dd6af0d4d0d53d03779398ec80025c4e1cafdd571358"
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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 202 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING.
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This Act is designed to increase the opportunity for Delaware children to undergo developmental screening with a research-based screening tool at an early age in order to identify children who may be eligible for Early Intervention or special education services. It requires any applicant for a license or renewal of a license to operate a child care facility on or after July 1, 2023 to commit that each child between the age of birth and 5 years old (who has not yet entered kindergarten) enrolled by the child care provider will undergo developmental and social emotional screening. The screening mechanism to be used is the screening system approved by the Department of Education and will be administered by the parent or guardian of the child seeking to be enrolled in the child care facility.
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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=78746&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB202)
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## Votes
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- SM — **37–3** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **16–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — 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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- **2021-05-20** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 3 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 5 NO `passage`
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- **2021-10-20** 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/7ad7bf89-781f-48ab-8ffd-c29563f55b09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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