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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES."
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description: "This bill adopts a key recommendation of the Child Protection Accountability Commission Caseloads and Workloads final report approved on November 20, 2019, that Division of Family Services (DFS) caseload standards be reduced from 18 to 12 families per worker. Due to the volume of work generated by a caseload of 18 families, workers are significantly restricted in the time they can spend on critical case activities such as family engagement, assessment of safety, and face-to-face contact with children and families."
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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 33"
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citation: "Delaware SB 33 (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", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "Eric Morrison", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "Ruth Briggs King", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "William J. Carson"]
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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: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-06-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d42306ce-8fd3-466c-a0f7-e7e622083372"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129955"
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source_hash: "acc3427c54a10551b5203352b34a061b400f8b26e8cadd0f4dacbebcd8f8f3e1"
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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 33 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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This bill adopts a key recommendation of the Child Protection Accountability Commission Caseloads and Workloads final report approved on November 20, 2019, that Division of Family Services (DFS) caseload standards be reduced from 18 to 12 families per worker. Due to the volume of work generated by a caseload of 18 families, workers are significantly restricted in the time they can spend on critical case activities such as family engagement, assessment of safety, and face-to-face contact with children and families.
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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=129955&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB33)
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## Votes
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- SM — **39–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (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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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-03-15** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-09** 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/d42306ce-8fd3-466c-a0f7-e7e622083372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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