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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES."
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description: "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."
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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 153"
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citation: "Delaware SB 153 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Krista Griffith", "Kyle Evans Gay"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-03"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b2d93aa-5630-4afd-bbbe-e89335dcff61"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78771"
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source_hash: "c22f0f878cbeb784e48c80d9bd376b3889d3b8e7706eb9d6d7bd25100268902f"
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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 153 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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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.
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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=78771&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB153)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78831&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — 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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- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-07** Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 153 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-06-16** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2021-09-30** 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/3b2d93aa-5630-4afd-bbbe-e89335dcff61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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