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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 12, 14, 16, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH."
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description: "This Act makes changes to provisions related to behavioral health and the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to reflect current practices."
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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 153"
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citation: "Delaware SB 153 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Marie Pinkney", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews"]
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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: "2023-06-01"
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last_action: "2023-09-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3d62178-cc58-4eb8-a433-b87af32ae5b1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140481"
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source_hash: "8921b7e24888b9a7fc7a7919606e849bc94a390f78ed04aa7056d979b74e7c54"
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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 153 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 12, 14, 16, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
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This Act makes changes to provisions related to behavioral health and the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to reflect current practices.
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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=140481&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB153)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-16** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2023-09-11** 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/a3d62178-cc58-4eb8-a433-b87af32ae5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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