republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-119.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIBRARIES.	This Act establishes the following principles in regards to public library material: (1) Library material is provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all persons the library serves; (2) Library material should not be excluded, removed, or prohibited from a catalogue because of the origin, background, or views of a persons who created the material; (3) Material should not be excluded, removed, or prohibited from a library because of partisan, ideological, or religious disapproval.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 119	Delaware HB 119 (153)	bill		enacted	Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Darius J. Brown Dave G. Lawson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Josue O Ortega Krista Griffith Laura V. Sturgeon Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Ray Seigfried Russell Huxtable Sarah McBride Trey Paradee William Bush	3	22	2	2025-04-15	2025-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/62c397f8-8a14-4430-9e61-959ad80213a5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142127	013e978f96c8a8f074c44cae642cc65d89f3ff386977dd6390ced7a64fa5310a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 119 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9, 14, AND 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIBRARIES.

This Act establishes the following principles in regards to public library material: (1) Library material is provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all persons the library serves; (2) Library material should not be excluded, removed, or prohibited from a catalogue because of the origin, background, or views of a persons who created the material; (3) Material should not be excluded, removed, or prohibited from a library because of partisan, ideological, or religious disapproval.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 119 (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 7 to HB 119 (committee substitute) — source
3. HA 8 to HB 119 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 14–6 (pass) · upper
• SM — 27–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
• Sarah McBride — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-15 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-05-20 Amendment HA 1 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 2 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 3 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 4 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 5 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 6 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 7 to HB 119 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 1 to HB 119 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 2 to HB 119 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 3 to HB 119 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 4 to HB 119 - Stricken in House
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 5 to HB 119 - Stricken in House
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 6 to HB 119 - Defeated In House by Voice Vote amendment-failure
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 7 to HB 119 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-05-22 Amendment HA 8 to HB 119 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-05-22 Passed By House. Votes: 27 YES 10 NO 4 ABSENT passage
• 2025-05-22 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-09-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62c397f8-8a14-4430-9e61-959ad80213a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).