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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES."
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description: "This Act amends the long-term care resident’s bill of rights to provide that residents may not be subject to discrimination based on their membership in a protected class. Specifically, this Act does the following:"
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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: "SB 83"
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citation: "Delaware SB 83 (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", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Marie Pinkney", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride"]
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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: "2025-04-03"
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last_action: "2025-09-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4f66191-a875-46e6-9820-694842bc8137"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142037"
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source_hash: "20e445f803be346d612c29777ad2272a65fdc468977e66bbfcf58cd84c0e6f95"
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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 SB 83 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
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This Act amends the long-term care resident’s bill of rights to provide that residents may not be subject to discrimination based on their membership in a protected class. Specifically, this Act does the following:
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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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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — 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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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-03** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-26** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT `passage`
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- **2025-09-03** 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/c4f66191-a875-46e6-9820-694842bc8137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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