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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES."
description: "This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's focused review of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services' (DDDS) adult day and employment services. This Act requires that DDDS submit an annual report relating to its services to increase the transparency of the services and highlight unmet needs for efficient service delivery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Delaware HB 288 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Josue O Ortega", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Richard G. Collins", "Russell Huxtable", "Valerie Jones Giltner"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/685f65e9-9cf9-4509-846b-098d293c8879"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142852"
source_hash: "aeea6ffb72353b7e9dce4904fe31c111e9fc8563bc4fc590c548e6e2544cf536"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HB 288 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's focused review of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services' (DDDS) adult day and employment services. This Act requires that DDDS submit an annual report relating to its services to increase the transparency of the services and highlight unmet needs for efficient service delivery.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- SM — **371** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Valerie Jones Giltner — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-05** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-06** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/685f65e9-9cf9-4509-846b-098d293c8879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).