republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-153.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.	This Act updates statutes relating to the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. It adds "Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit" to the definitions within the existing statute. In addition, it updates references in certain sections of the laws to reflect whether the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, or a unit or division within that Department, is responsible for certain duties as described in the Delaware Code. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 153	Delaware SB 153 (151)	bill		enacted	Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay	2	10	2	2021-06-03	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/3b2d93aa-5630-4afd-bbbe-e89335dcff61	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78771	c22f0f878cbeb784e48c80d9bd376b3889d3b8e7706eb9d6d7bd25100268902f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 153 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.

This Act updates statutes relating to the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. It adds "Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit" to the definitions within the existing statute. In addition, it updates references in certain sections of the laws to reflect whether the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, or a unit or division within that Department, is responsible for certain duties as described in the Delaware Code. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SB 153 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-07 Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2021-06-09 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-15 Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2021-06-15 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-06-16 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-25 Suspension of Rules in House
• 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/3b2d93aa-5630-4afd-bbbe-e89335dcff61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).