republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-82.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND DISABILITIES.	This Act is a Substitute for Senate Bill No. 82. Both this Act and SB 82 require State programs to provide annual reports to the General Assembly about compliance with federal and State law and regulation that require meaningful access to services for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) and effective communication for individuals with disabilities.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 82	Delaware SB 82 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryan Townsend John "Jack" Walsh Kendra Johnson Madinah Wilson-Anton Marie Pinkney Paul S. Baumbach Russell Huxtable	1	9	2	2023-06-15	2024-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/c8e92267-105f-41e1-96e3-bffcc5a37eb1	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140641	ea3206cc201a5779a533be81f6e5d18f56ba25c1f97b703dd7e6b153553ad7d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 82 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND DISABILITIES.

This Act is a Substitute for Senate Bill No. 82. Both this Act and SB 82 require State programs to provide annual reports to the General Assembly about compliance with federal and State law and regulation that require meaningful access to services for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) and effective communication for individuals with disabilities.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-15 Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 82, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-06-29 Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2024-09-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8e92267-105f-41e1-96e3-bffcc5a37eb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).