republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-183.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD.	This Act revises the existing crime of endangering the welfare of a child by providing or permitting a child to consume or inhale unprescribed controlled substances in the following ways:	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 183	Delaware HB 183 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Franklin D. Cooke Jesse R. Vanderwende John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Krista Griffith Laura V. Sturgeon Marie Pinkney Nicole Poore Peter C. Schwartzkopf Russell Huxtable S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Sherry Dorsey Walker Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee Valerie Longhurst William J. Carson	2	9	2	2023-06-01	2023-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/b1e5c6e6-2872-4061-9a45-d5255a652937	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140492	17a30377b709fe9dbe312d4e87758c1839e6603d9f74f0fc8fb7d2f2bf5a1d9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 183 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD.

This Act revises the existing crime of endangering the welfare of a child by providing or permitting a child to consume or inhale unprescribed controlled substances in the following ways:

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 183 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-01 Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-06-15 Amendment HA 1 to HB 183 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-06-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 183 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2023-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-20 Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-07-31 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1e5c6e6-2872-4061-9a45-d5255a652937. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).