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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING."
description: "This Act amends Chapter 30A of Title 14 to clarify that screening will not be conducted if a parent declines developmental screening or notifies the licensee that the child is already receiving early intervention services or special education and related services. It further clarifies that the child care provider will conduct the screening where the parent or guardian fails to do so only upon receipt of parental consent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Delaware HB 45 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndie Romer", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride", "Sean M. Lynn", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d16de3f-c3f2-48c0-85bf-820399236692"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129928"
source_hash: "04109077b8b896bb10bd86f8ee35b1c8978e0f88131f186a470510593c25abfb"
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 45 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING.
This Act amends Chapter 30A of Title 14 to clarify that screening will not be conducted if a parent declines developmental screening or notifies the licensee that the child is already receiving early intervention services or special education and related services. It further clarifies that the child care provider will conduct the screening where the parent or guardian fails to do so only upon receipt of parental consent.
## 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=129928&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB45)
## Votes
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 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/9d16de3f-c3f2-48c0-85bf-820399236692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).