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type: "Bill"
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title: "DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH & THEIR FAMILIES TO EXPLORE PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL IV-E GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM."
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description: "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."
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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: "SJR 1"
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citation: "Delaware SJR 1 (152)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-04-06"
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last_action: "2023-08-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c881fb0-e95e-43d3-9ada-308712587d92"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130194"
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source_hash: "dca4e213027d22a891963821f13b438b9c85e2b1175b2b51060d0044c26493c8"
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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 SJR 1 (152) — DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH & THEIR FAMILIES TO EXPLORE PARTICIPATING IN THE FEDERAL IV-E GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
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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.
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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=130194&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SJR1)
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2. **SA 1 to SJR 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=130300&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 3/5 — **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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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Buckson — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-06** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Amendment SA 1 to SJR 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-10** 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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- **2023-05-16** Amendment SA 1 to SJR 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** 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, 11 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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- **2023-08-31** 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/8c881fb0-e95e-43d3-9ada-308712587d92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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