republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-419.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NEW LUGGAGE FOR CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES.	This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) to provide new luggage to children in foster care to use for the transportation of their personal belongings when entering custody, moving from one placement to another, or exiting custody, and makes clear that disposable bags and trash bags may not be used for these purposes. It requires the Department to establish and maintain an inventory of new luggage for this purpose. The Department must annually provide a report containing a current accounting of supply inventory and inventory management procedures.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 419	Delaware HB 419 (152)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Debra Heffernan Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Marie Pinkney Peter C. Schwartzkopf S. Elizabeth Lockman Sarah McBride Sean Matthews Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee	1	7	2	2024-05-23	2024-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/eb9cf65e-1426-426d-8417-abca4adf040d	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141476	f42822c41e8888a2ed749d7ae6bb913804ac803d053f4835fb14254301cb8600	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 419 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NEW LUGGAGE FOR CHILDREN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

This Act requires the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) to provide new luggage to children in foster care to use for the transportation of their personal belongings when entering custody, moving from one placement to another, or exiting custody, and makes clear that disposable bags and trash bags may not be used for these purposes. It requires the Department to establish and maintain an inventory of new luggage for this purpose. The Department must annually provide a report containing a current accounting of supply inventory and inventory management procedures.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-23 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-18 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2024-06-18 Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-10-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb9cf65e-1426-426d-8417-abca4adf040d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).