republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-137.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CODE.	This Act amends Title 31 to allow the Superior Court to remand administrative hearing decisions after they have been reviewed on appeal for further factual findings or other proceedings as ordered by the Superior Court. In the absence of a remand decision, the Court is bound by the findings below, and has no ability to seek clarification of factual findings or to safeguard the procedural interests of the underlying parties. This Act provides the Superior Court with the type of flexible and nuanced approach it is able to employ under the Administrative Procedures Act.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 137	Delaware SB 137 (151)	bill		enacted	David Bentz Sarah McBride	1	7	2	2021-05-18	2021-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/761ff3f2-b09c-44d8-9e75-66200fe3db2e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68713	54c4ac9054d9a0a23ea501f1f5df2cc5e532563f2af793c50ffd5dfd2f31874d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 137 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CODE.

This Act amends Title 31 to allow the Superior Court to remand administrative hearing decisions after they have been reviewed on appeal for further factual findings or other proceedings as ordered by the Superior Court. In the absence of a remand decision, the Court is bound by the findings below, and has no ability to seek clarification of factual findings or to safeguard the procedural interests of the underlying parties. This Act provides the Superior Court with the type of flexible and nuanced approach it is able to employ under the Administrative Procedures Act.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Bentz — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-18 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) 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 Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-24 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-09-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/761ff3f2-b09c-44d8-9e75-66200fe3db2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).