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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CODE."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 137"
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citation: "Delaware SB 137 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-05-18"
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last_action: "2021-09-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/761ff3f2-b09c-44d8-9e75-66200fe3db2e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68713"
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source_hash: "54c4ac9054d9a0a23ea501f1f5df2cc5e532563f2af793c50ffd5dfd2f31874d"
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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 SB 137 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CODE.
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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.
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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=68713&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB137)
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## Votes
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-18** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-09** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-09-10** 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/761ff3f2-b09c-44d8-9e75-66200fe3db2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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