republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-154.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROCEDURE IN THE FAMILY COURT IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.	This Act repeals the outdated requirement for the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families (DSCYF) to seek approval before “mixing” youth who have been adjudicated delinquent with youth who do not have a delinquency history in the same facility. The mixing statute was codified in 1987, and since then, DSCYF has developed rigorous safety protocols and uses evidence-based assessments to determine appropriate placements for children in the care of the department. The current practices of DSCYF have eliminated the need for mixing approval, which in some cases require DSCYF to seek a court order. In addition, the Family Court conducts regular review hearings for youth in DSCYF custody, allowing opportunities for the department, the child’s attorney, the child (if age appropriate), and the judicial officer to monitor many factors relating to the child’s placement, including safety.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 154	Delaware SB 154 (151)	bill		enacted	Krista Griffith Kyle Evans Gay Sherry Dorsey Walker	1	7	2	2021-06-03	2022-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/eeab9ef4-ce2c-4e25-b034-3d3659edafc4	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78772	01c9c2a180238ba1ff552e424a92ea33cdd906023dcaeea55741c18d399bc332	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 154 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROCEDURE IN THE FAMILY COURT IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

This Act repeals the outdated requirement for the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families (DSCYF) to seek approval before “mixing” youth who have been adjudicated delinquent with youth who do not have a delinquency history in the same facility. The mixing statute was codified in 1987, and since then, DSCYF has developed rigorous safety protocols and uses evidence-based assessments to determine appropriate placements for children in the care of the department. The current practices of DSCYF have eliminated the need for mixing approval, which in some cases require DSCYF to seek a court order. In addition, the Family Court conducts regular review hearings for youth in DSCYF custody, allowing opportunities for the department, the child’s attorney, the child (if age appropriate), and the judicial officer to monitor many factors relating to the child’s placement, including safety.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–3 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 NO passage
• 2021-06-18 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-15 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2022-04-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eeab9ef4-ce2c-4e25-b034-3d3659edafc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).