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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 Identifications 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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Sherry Dorsey Walker
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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 Identifications 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.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper
  • SM — 410 (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).