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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATEWIDE CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES."
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description: "This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s (“JLOSC”) review of the Division for the Visually Impaired. Under this Act, the Delaware Industries for the Blind (“DIB”) is repealed. DIB closed operations in March 2017 after experiencing several challenges, including all of the following:"
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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 384"
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citation: "Delaware HB 384 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Evans Gay", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-04-12"
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last_action: "2022-10-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf6e376b-cfa0-4450-a827-3f688c4df256"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109346"
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source_hash: "5ee3c39fb9ca9ab51be31bc152fcba3d628f4ee531511ef13da8471c2fc9e5f6"
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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 384 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATEWIDE CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
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This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s (“JLOSC”) review of the Division for the Visually Impaired. Under this Act, the Delaware Industries for the Blind (“DIB”) is repealed. DIB closed operations in March 2017 after experiencing several challenges, including all of the following:
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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=109346&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB384)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — 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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- **2022-04-12** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-03** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2022-06-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2022-06-07** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** Re-Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-10-14** 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/bf6e376b-cfa0-4450-a827-3f688c4df256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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