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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT."
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description: "This Act requires additional reporting and disclosure related to the use of mechanical restraint and seclusion in public schools."
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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 79"
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citation: "Delaware HB 79 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryant L. Richardson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Josue O Ortega", "Mara Gorman", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-18"
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last_action: "2025-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd52b17-3a55-459b-a57d-16a2a09a5766"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141954"
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source_hash: "eaa646a1caffcd66b1d3b512b63120d9111169b86c1865bca8350938df4ea113"
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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 79 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT.
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This Act requires additional reporting and disclosure related to the use of mechanical restraint and seclusion in public schools.
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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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1. **HA 2 to HB 79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=142132&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **29–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
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- Mara Gorman — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-18** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-10** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-16** Amendment HA 2 to HB 79 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 79 - Stricken in House
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- **2025-04-17** Amendment HA 2 to HB 79 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Passed By House. Votes: 29 YES 8 NO 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-07-30** 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/7fd52b17-3a55-459b-a57d-16a2a09a5766`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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