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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRUG TESTING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES."
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description: "This Act amends the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families (“DSCYF”) required drug testing statute to gain parity in pre-employment drug testing procedures across state agencies that provide services for children and secure care for children or adults. Secure care positions in the Department of Correction, Delaware Psychiatric Center, and DSCYF’s Prevention and Behavioral Health and Youth Rehabilitative Services facilities are historically hard to fill. Because of the sensitive nature of these positions, there is a thorough application and vetting process for applicants, the last steps of which are the pre-employment background checks and drug testing. Despite numerous ongoing efforts to recruit and retain applicants for these positions within DSCYF’s facilities, interested applicants often choose to abandon the lengthy application process in favor of opportunities for faster hiring processes at large employers located nearby."
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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 204"
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citation: "Delaware SB 204 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Debra Heffernan", "Krista Griffith", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-12-16"
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last_action: "2022-02-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29e4a061-846e-4f9f-8d1e-b5f383494f38"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79044"
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source_hash: "909d30efadd47880ff8d47cc8ba8175c42845acf6734521783b6d056e9988af4"
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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 204 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRUG TESTING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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This Act amends the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families (“DSCYF”) required drug testing statute to gain parity in pre-employment drug testing procedures across state agencies that provide services for children and secure care for children or adults. Secure care positions in the Department of Correction, Delaware Psychiatric Center, and DSCYF’s Prevention and Behavioral Health and Youth Rehabilitative Services facilities are historically hard to fill. Because of the sensitive nature of these positions, there is a thorough application and vetting process for applicants, the last steps of which are the pre-employment background checks and drug testing. Despite numerous ongoing efforts to recruit and retain applicants for these positions within DSCYF’s facilities, interested applicants often choose to abandon the lengthy application process in favor of opportunities for faster hiring processes at large employers located nearby.
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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=79044&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB204)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- 2/3 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — 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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- **2021-12-16** Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-12** Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-13** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2022-01-14** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-26** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2022-01-27** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-02-07** 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/29e4a061-846e-4f9f-8d1e-b5f383494f38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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