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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Delaware SB 198 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-07-29"
last_action: "2022-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4f0d02f-0f50-410c-963a-d0a34434cf40"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79035"
source_hash: "665727af7f6f86cc9f5729eab7db6bdf3d0bb6b8fad6dda37ee39c25d1f8f0b6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=79035&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB198)
2. **SA 1 to SB 198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79080&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
3. **SA 2 to SB 198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79108&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **390** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4f0d02f-0f50-410c-963a-d0a34434cf40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).