republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-136.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, TITLE 16, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.	This Act transfers responsibility for early intervention services for children ages birth to age 3 from the Department of Health and Social Services to the Department of Education and revises the Code to be consistent with federal law. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires states to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, interagency, interdisciplinary early intervention services system for eligible infants and toddlers and their families. This Act requires that early intervention services be provided in compliance with all of the requirements of the IDEA, improves coordination between advisory bodies, and requires early intervention service providers to receive the same training on child abuse and the same background checks as school employees.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 136	Delaware SB 136 (151)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Williams Krista Griffith Laura V. Sturgeon Nicole Poore	1	11	2	2021-05-18	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/020846ac-d48d-4e3a-9b62-7770ef5613bf	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68709	7c98fcf969a1c6247302ab1ea6ca8343f3bf6efd50cf4c2ec8ddef15788f0874	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 136 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, TITLE 16, TITLE 29, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES.

This Act transfers responsibility for early intervention services for children ages birth to age 3 from the Department of Health and Social Services to the Department of Education and revises the Code to be consistent with federal law. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires states to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, interagency, interdisciplinary early intervention services system for eligible infants and toddlers and their families. This Act requires that early intervention services be provided in compliance with all of the requirements of the IDEA, improves coordination between advisory bodies, and requires early intervention service providers to receive the same training on child abuse and the same background checks as school employees.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 3/5 — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-05-18 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-09 Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-09 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-10 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2021-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/020846ac-d48d-4e3a-9b62-7770ef5613bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).