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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TREATMENT OF PREGNANT AND POST-PARTUM PRISONERS."
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description: "Delaware law already prohibits the use of restraints on women who are giving birth or in labor except in limited circumstances. This Act expands that protection to include women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy and those in the 13-week immediate post-partum period. Wrist restraints fastened in front of the body may be used during transport except during labor or delivery or while being transported with a newborn. Wrist, leg, and waist restraints may also be used in extraordinary circumstances, but a licensed medical professional must be notified as soon as practicable when waist or leg restraints are applied and examine the prisoner within 10 minutes of the notification. Leg and waist restraints are prohibited for prisoners in labor and delivery."
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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 342"
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citation: "Delaware HB 342 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Debra Heffernan", "Marie Pinkney", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-16"
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last_action: "2022-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9e2e8e-c81d-477e-a5eb-1c19d10bc5fd"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79248"
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source_hash: "82c4c826c838c7743018e36f2906fca6d8c88676a02fc37fbc1fbd517f95db47"
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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 342 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TREATMENT OF PREGNANT AND POST-PARTUM PRISONERS.
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Delaware law already prohibits the use of restraints on women who are giving birth or in labor except in limited circumstances. This Act expands that protection to include women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy and those in the 13-week immediate post-partum period. Wrist restraints fastened in front of the body may be used during transport except during labor or delivery or while being transported with a newborn. Wrist, leg, and waist restraints may also be used in extraordinary circumstances, but a licensed medical professional must be notified as soon as practicable when waist or leg restraints are applied and examine the prisoner within 10 minutes of the notification. Leg and waist restraints are prohibited for prisoners in labor and delivery.
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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=79248&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB342)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=119648&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **HA 2 to HB 342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=119653&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-16** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 10 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 342 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 2 to HB 342 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 1 to HB 342 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Amendment HA 2 to HB 342 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-09** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-21** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-07-25** 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/1b9e2e8e-c81d-477e-a5eb-1c19d10bc5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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