republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/153/hb-79.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT.	This Act requires additional reporting and disclosure related to the use of mechanical restraint and seclusion in public schools.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	153	HB 79	Delaware HB 79 (153)	bill		enacted	Bryant L. Richardson David P. Sokola Eric Morrison Josue O Ortega Mara Gorman Melanie Ross Levin Nicole Poore Spiros Mantzavinos	1	11	2	2025-03-18	2025-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/7fd52b17-3a55-459b-a57d-16a2a09a5766	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141954	eaa646a1caffcd66b1d3b512b63120d9111169b86c1865bca8350938df4ea113	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 79 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT.

This Act requires additional reporting and disclosure related to the use of mechanical restraint and seclusion in public schools.

Version chain

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

1. HA 2 to HB 79 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 29–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Eric Morrison — primary (person)
• Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
• Mara Gorman — primary (person)
• Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-18 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-10 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-16 Amendment HA 2 to HB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-17 Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Stricken in House
• 2025-04-17 Amendment HA 2 to HB 79 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2025-04-17 Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 8 NO 4 ABSENT passage
• 2025-04-17 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-05-15 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2025-06-25 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2025-07-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fd52b17-3a55-459b-a57d-16a2a09a5766. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).