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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN."
description: "This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Delaware HB 42 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Claire Snyder-Hall", "Daniel B. Short", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kimberly Williams", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Mara Gorman", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Sarah McBride", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a046df9c-57d6-4a77-9f87-91ec70fa1704"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141868"
source_hash: "85071aefa46955ed1dc88f5c124424b116ac612e03cb2573008f3ff75feefbcf"
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 42 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN.
This Act does all of the following regarding suspected human trafficking of children:
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- SM — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Daniel B. Short — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-06** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-08-12** 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/a046df9c-57d6-4a77-9f87-91ec70fa1704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).