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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE HEARING AID LOAN BANK PROGRAM."
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description: "This Act repeals the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program, as the program is no longer operational. The Program was created pursuant to Volume 74, Chapter 109 of the Laws of Delaware (2003), for the purpose of lending hearing aids on a temporary basis to children under 3 years old. Loans were initially for 6 months with possible 3-month extensions granted by the Program Manager. The need for the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program has steadily decreased over time and the Program is now obsolete. As a result, the Division of Public Health no longer stocks the Hearing Aid Loan Bank."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 157"
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citation: "Delaware HB 157 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Frank Burns", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Ray Seigfried", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-08"
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last_action: "2025-08-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3a860e-d99f-4e55-a45d-40a1d3ad8323"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142229"
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source_hash: "5968869eac350fa6cba05ee1d8e0abb442e4d60a4206d3e3edd3fc961e8d538f"
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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 HB 157 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE HEARING AID LOAN BANK PROGRAM.
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This Act repeals the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program, as the program is no longer operational. The Program was created pursuant to Volume 74, Chapter 109 of the Laws of Delaware (2003), for the purpose of lending hearing aids on a temporary basis to children under 3 years old. Loans were initially for 6 months with possible 3-month extensions granted by the Program Manager. The need for the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program has steadily decreased over time and the Program is now obsolete. As a result, the Division of Public Health no longer stocks the Hearing Aid Loan Bank.
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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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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Frank Burns — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-08** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-10** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-10** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-08-25** 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/7d3a860e-d99f-4e55-a45d-40a1d3ad8323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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