republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-53.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND DEVICES FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE DEAFNESS, HEARING LOSS, OR SPEECH DISABILITIES.	This Act broadens the scope of a special fund administered by the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing that provides telecommunications assistance to Delaware residents who have deafness, hearing loss, or speech disabilities related to deafness or hearing loss. This Act authorizes the office to provide residents with assistive devices that facilitate communication or provide users with information pertaining to emergencies. It also authorizes the Office to employ individuals to administer the program, provide education, and manage program resources. This Act adds restrictions on how money in the Fund may be spent and requires a three-month reserve be maintained to ensure financial solvency of the Fund.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 53	Delaware HB 53 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson Claire Snyder-Hall Cyndie Romer Edward S. Osienski Eric Morrison John "Jack" Walsh Josue O Ortega Madinah Wilson-Anton Mara Gorman Marie Pinkney Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Ray Seigfried Richard G. Collins Shannon Morris Stell Parker Selby Trey Paradee William Bush	1	9	2	2025-03-06	2025-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/b99acf24-0f23-4841-8123-23a76c61e112	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141884	76fbea193a71b88c196b9353dabf588362bd8b884be314c48a8fe426b11a1d7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 53 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND DEVICES FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE DEAFNESS, HEARING LOSS, OR SPEECH DISABILITIES.

This Act broadens the scope of a special fund administered by the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing that provides telecommunications assistance to Delaware residents who have deafness, hearing loss, or speech disabilities related to deafness or hearing loss. This Act authorizes the office to provide residents with assistive devices that facilitate communication or provide users with information pertaining to emergencies. It also authorizes the Office to employ individuals to administer the program, provide education, and manage program resources. This Act adds restrictions on how money in the Fund may be spent and requires a three-month reserve be maintained to ensure financial solvency of the Fund.

Version chain

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

1. HA 1 to HB 53 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• 3/5 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
• Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Ray Seigfried — primary (person)
• Richard G. Collins — primary (person)
• Shannon Morris — primary (person)
• Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
• Trey Paradee — primary (person)
• William Bush — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-06 Introduced and Assigned to Technology & Telecommunications Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Reported Out of Committee (Technology & Telecommunications) in House with 3 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-12 Amendment HA 1 to HB 53 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-18 Amendment HA 1 to HB 53 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-03-18 Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT passage
• 2025-03-18 Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-17 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2025-07-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b99acf24-0f23-4841-8123-23a76c61e112. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).