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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT."
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description: "This Act clarifies when reports of child abuse or neglect, including suspected human trafficking of a child, are required to be made orally to the Department’s report line and when they may be made via the Department’s online reporting portal. This Act also clarifies that licensed professionals who make reports may not remain anonymous."
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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: "SB 124"
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citation: "Delaware SB 124 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Kendra Johnson", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King"]
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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: "2023-05-11"
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last_action: "2023-07-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31797090-ee54-410c-9766-9167a1835055"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130357"
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source_hash: "289c92d3d23d234519066380df0ed4d7177be55e4da11ab4a7895fbb45928f31"
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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 SB 124 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
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This Act clarifies when reports of child abuse or neglect, including suspected human trafficking of a child, are required to be made orally to the Department’s report line and when they may be made via the Department’s online reporting portal. This Act also clarifies that licensed professionals who make reports may not remain anonymous.
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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=130357&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB124)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-11** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-06** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2023-06-07** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2023-07-31** 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/31797090-ee54-410c-9766-9167a1835055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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