republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sjr-1.md

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Bill	DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH & THEIR FAMILIES TO EXPLORE PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL IV-E GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.	This Senate Joint Resolution directs the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to explore participating in the federal title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program to increase support to relative guardians and facilitate permanency solutions for Delaware youth in foster care.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SJR 1	Delaware SJR 1 (152)	joint resolution		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Bryant L. Richardson David L. Wilson David P. Sokola Edward S. Osienski Eric Buckson Kendra Johnson Kerri Evelyn Harris Russell Huxtable Sean Matthews Spiros Mantzavinos Stell Parker Selby Valerie Longhurst William Bush	2	9	2	2023-04-06	2023-08-31	openstates	ocd-bill/8c881fb0-e95e-43d3-9ada-308712587d92	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130194	dca4e213027d22a891963821f13b438b9c85e2b1175b2b51060d0044c26493c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SJR 1 (152) — DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH & THEIR FAMILIES TO EXPLORE PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL IV-E GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

This Senate Joint Resolution directs the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families to explore participating in the federal title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program to increase support to relative guardians and facilitate permanency solutions for Delaware youth in foster care.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to SJR 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/5 — 41–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• David L. Wilson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Buckson — primary (person)
• Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sean Matthews — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-06 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 Amendment SA 1 to SJR 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-05-10 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-16 Amendment SA 1 to SJR 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2023-05-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-05-17 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 3 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2023-08-31 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c881fb0-e95e-43d3-9ada-308712587d92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).