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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO IMPROVING COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND DISABILITIES."
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description: "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."
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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 82"
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citation: "Delaware SB 82 (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", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Marie Pinkney", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Russell Huxtable"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-15"
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last_action: "2024-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8e92267-105f-41e1-96e3-bffcc5a37eb1"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140641"
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source_hash: "ea3206cc201a5779a533be81f6e5d18f56ba25c1f97b703dd7e6b153553ad7d6"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=140641&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1forSB82)
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## Votes
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **21–0** (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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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-15** Adopted in lieu of the original bill SB 82, and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-06-29** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2024-09-30** 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/c8e92267-105f-41e1-96e3-bffcc5a37eb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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