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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BREASTFEEDING."
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description: "This Act creates a breastfeeding and lactation program within the DOC to provide lactation support to women in DOC custody. Among other things, it permits women to collect breast milk for later retrieval and delivery to an infant or toddler by an approved person. It also requires the DOC to provide nutrition information and a meal plan specific to pregnant, post-partum, or lactating women, based on national best practices. This Act further requires that DOC publish an annual report regarding the number of participants in the program and the nature of services provided."
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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 3"
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citation: "Delaware HB 3 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "David P. Sokola", "DeShanna U Neal", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Kerri Evelyn Harris", "Mara Gorman", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Trey Paradee"]
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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: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eb8ae3d-86db-4ddd-8258-7343ee09bace"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141756"
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source_hash: "9360c66a0ba39d8e048f244500206e7fa528f85d505d1a2058708ecc50258d20"
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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 3 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO BREASTFEEDING.
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This Act creates a breastfeeding and lactation program within the DOC to provide lactation support to women in DOC custody. Among other things, it permits women to collect breast milk for later retrieval and delivery to an infant or toddler by an approved person. It also requires the DOC to provide nutrition information and a meal plan specific to pregnant, post-partum, or lactating women, based on national best practices. This Act further requires that DOC publish an annual report regarding the number of participants in the program and the nature of services provided.
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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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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- DeShanna U Neal — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections) in House with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** Assigned to Corrections & Public Safety Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Corrections & Public Safety) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-07-21** 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/9eb8ae3d-86db-4ddd-8258-7343ee09bace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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