republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-298.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE VULNERABLE ADULT POPULATIONS COMMISSION.	This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s (“JLOSC”) review of Adult Protective Services. This Act creates the Vulnerable Adult Populations Commission (“Commission”), whose purpose is to improve the response to and reduce the incidents of vulnerable adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation in this State. The Commission will be comprised of several members from key state agencies, legislators, and the private sector.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 298	Delaware HB 298 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend Bryant L. Richardson Kendra Johnson Peter C. Schwartzkopf Richard G. Collins Russell Huxtable Sherry Dorsey Walker Stell Parker Selby William Bush	2	9	2	2024-02-29	2024-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/1bf70ba7-b101-40a3-8ca6-be730ab9fc36	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140903	e6e55f8111a59c187b005bbd9bd39953d1a86430e7c166e1a0205a3c7b863ff0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 298 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE VULNERABLE ADULT POPULATIONS COMMISSION.

This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s (“JLOSC”) review of Adult Protective Services. This Act creates the Vulnerable Adult Populations Commission (“Commission”), whose purpose is to improve the response to and reduce the incidents of vulnerable adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation in this State. The Commission will be comprised of several members from key state agencies, legislators, and the private sector.

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 298 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 39–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-29 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-15 Amendment HA 1 to HB 298 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-06-11 Amendment HA 1 to HB 298 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2024-06-11 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-11 Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-09-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bf70ba7-b101-40a3-8ca6-be730ab9fc36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).