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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATIONS."
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description: "This bill provides flexibility for nursing and assisted living facilities to make hiring decisions contingent on staff influenza vaccination status."
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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 253"
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citation: "Delaware SB 253 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Bentz", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-22"
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last_action: "2022-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b8f0581-4e3c-4e8a-8b22-a88fe0fe6bb0"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79256"
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source_hash: "04f6abfb89caef29534cdf112bc7a1c93e9e87bfc9467e82ab6aa94c0bde5b06"
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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 253 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATIONS.
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This bill provides flexibility for nursing and assisted living facilities to make hiring decisions contingent on staff influenza vaccination status.
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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=79256&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB253)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **32–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Bentz — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — 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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- **2022-03-22** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-06** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2022-05-03** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-05-04** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2022-05-17** Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 7 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2022-06-14** 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/2b8f0581-4e3c-4e8a-8b22-a88fe0fe6bb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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