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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECOVERY HOUSING."
description: "Substance use disorder constitutes a severe threat to the health and welfare of the citizens of Delaware. Recovery residences address the needs of individuals in recovery from substance use disorder by providing a safe and healthy living environment and a community of supportive recovering peers to which residents are accountable. Recovery residences support the recovery of individuals with substance use disorder and help prevent relapse, criminal justice system involvement, and overdose. Ensuring the certification of recovery residences according to nationally recognized evidence-based standards protects residents and communities from the harm caused by poorly managed or fraudulent recovery residences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 114"
citation: "Delaware HB 114 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-06-01"
last_action: "2023-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/324b8b81-d065-4699-b588-a2ae80506ecb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140465"
source_hash: "cb3476575c725718ab25e1a1f5dfcbab81be394bc2afb4d02c7c1041d3ab8279"
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 HB 114 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 16 AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO RECOVERY HOUSING.
Substance use disorder constitutes a severe threat to the health and welfare of the citizens of Delaware. Recovery residences address the needs of individuals in recovery from substance use disorder by providing a safe and healthy living environment and a community of supportive recovering peers to which residents are accountable. Recovery residences support the recovery of individuals with substance use disorder and help prevent relapse, criminal justice system involvement, and overdose. Ensuring the certification of recovery residences according to nationally recognized evidence-based standards protects residents and communities from the harm caused by poorly managed or fraudulent recovery residences.
## 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=140465&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB114)
2. **SA 1 to HS 1 for HB 114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140779&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- 3/5 — **400** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **210** (pass) · upper
- 3/5 — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-01** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 114, and Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-29** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-06-30** Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2023-08-01** 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/324b8b81-d065-4699-b588-a2ae80506ecb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).