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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONCUSSION PROTECTION IN YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITES."
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description: "In 2016, the General Assembly passed HB 404, the Concussion Protection in Youth Athletic Activities Act (CPYAAA). This Act clarifies the requirements of CPYAAA and enables the Division of Public Health, in consultation with the State Council for Persons with Disabilities, to promulgate regulations to broadly implement the Act. This Amendment adds the requirement for non-scholastic athletic activity organizations to develop policies and procedures for advising athletes, coaches, officials, parents, and guardians of the signs and symptoms of concussion and explaining the risk of continuing to practice or compete in athletic events or activities after sustaining a concussion, as well as providing information about returning to academic and athletic events or activities after sustaining a concussion."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 193"
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citation: "Delaware HB 193 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Debra Heffernan", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ronald E. Gray", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee"]
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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: "2023-06-14"
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last_action: "2023-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/906e6475-b8e0-4444-b780-9543b481864d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140609"
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source_hash: "ae96a3c157ebc9d3d55059ddf2f3384555b34dcbbc29f926b54a228d34bb0973"
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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 HB 193 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONCUSSION PROTECTION IN YOUTH ATHLETIC ACTIVITES.
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In 2016, the General Assembly passed HB 404, the Concussion Protection in Youth Athletic Activities Act (CPYAAA). This Act clarifies the requirements of CPYAAA and enables the Division of Public Health, in consultation with the State Council for Persons with Disabilities, to promulgate regulations to broadly implement the Act. This Amendment adds the requirement for non-scholastic athletic activity organizations to develop policies and procedures for advising athletes, coaches, officials, parents, and guardians of the signs and symptoms of concussion and explaining the risk of continuing to practice or compete in athletic events or activities after sustaining a concussion, as well as providing information about returning to academic and athletic events or activities after sustaining a concussion.
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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=140609&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1forHB193)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-14** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 193, and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 4 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-20** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-28** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-09-21** 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/906e6475-b8e0-4444-b780-9543b481864d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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