republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/sb-198.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF CHILD CARE LICENSING.	SB 187 passed by the 150th General Assembly moved the Office of Child Care Licensing (“OCCL”) from the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (“DSCYF”) to the Department of Education (“DOE”). This Act cleans up references in the Code that still refer to the OCCL and its responsibilities as part of DSCYF and changes the references to reflect its status and responsibilities as part of DOE.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	SB 198	Delaware SB 198 (151)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Williams Nicole Poore	3	12	2	2021-07-29	2022-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c4f0d02f-0f50-410c-963a-d0a34434cf40	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79035	665727af7f6f86cc9f5729eab7db6bdf3d0bb6b8fad6dda37ee39c25d1f8f0b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 198 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 29, AND 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF CHILD CARE LICENSING.

SB 187 passed by the 150th General Assembly moved the Office of Child Care Licensing (“OCCL”) from the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (“DSCYF”) to the Department of Education (“DOE”). This Act cleans up references in the Code that still refer to the OCCL and its responsibilities as part of DSCYF and changes the references to reflect its status and responsibilities as part of DOE.

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 198 (committee substitute) — source
3. SA 2 to SB 198 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 39–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-07-29 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Amendment SA 1 to SB 198 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-19 Amendment SA 2 to SB 198 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-19 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-19 Amendment SA 1 to SB 198 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-01-19 Amendment SA 2 to SB 198 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2022-01-19 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2022-01-20 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Suspension of Rules in House
• 2022-01-26 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-27 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2022-02-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4f0d02f-0f50-410c-963a-d0a34434cf40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).