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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS."
description: "This Act authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 340"
citation: "Delaware HB 340 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "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 Bush", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-14"
last_action: "2024-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0fb9b90-17fa-4daa-abaf-4f48618cd3cf"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141072"
source_hash: "54a3ceb17aa3bf196386b20211141ba9c4d435a7df3cba6a79c7e802fd4a0cd2"
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 340 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS.
This Act authorizes the creation of Family Justice Centers within Delaware to provide victims of crime with a single source to obtain resources and support services.
## 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=141072&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB340)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — 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 Bush — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-14** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-18** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2024-06-18** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-27** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-10-25** 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/a0fb9b90-17fa-4daa-abaf-4f48618cd3cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).