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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION. | This bill updates the State Bureau of Identification’s definition of “criminal justice agency” in two ways. First, by adding the Division of Management Support Services in the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to reflect the shift in some criminal justice functions to that Division from the Division of Family Services. Second, by clarifying that the Office of the Child Advocate is a criminal justice agency. The Office of the Child Advocate provides legal representation to children in foster care, and the Investigation Coordinator, located within the Office of the Child Advocate, is a member of the criminal multidisciplinary response to child abuse and neglect. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | HB 329 | Delaware HB 329 (151) |
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Delaware HB 329 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION.
This bill updates the State Bureau of Identification’s definition of “criminal justice agency” in two ways. First, by adding the Division of Management Support Services in the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to reflect the shift in some criminal justice functions to that Division from the Division of Family Services. Second, by clarifying that the Office of the Child Advocate is a criminal justice agency. The Office of the Child Advocate provides legal representation to children in foster care, and the Investigation Coordinator, located within the Office of the Child Advocate, is a member of the criminal multidisciplinary response to child abuse and neglect.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
- SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-03-08 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-03-16 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 10 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2022-03-22 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
passage - 2022-03-22 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2022-04-06 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2022-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2022-10-21 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f19ed94e-09bb-4e53-aa25-1bb36e288bc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).