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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INFANTS WITH PRENATAL SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE."
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description: "This non-punitive, public-health oriented bill seeks to codify certain sections of the federal law known as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as amended by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), that requires states to have policies and procedures in place to address the needs of infants born with and identified as being affected by substance abuse, withdrawal symptoms, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, including a requirement that healthcare providers involved in the delivery or care of such infant notify the child protection services system. This bill formalizes a uniform, collaborative response protocol for the development of a Plan of Safe Care for infants with prenatal substance exposure and their affected family or caregivers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 140"
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citation: "Delaware HB 140 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Ernesto B Lopez", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Melanie George Smith", "Ruth Briggs King", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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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: "2017-04-13"
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last_action: "2018-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e2279f1-6887-490a-a1ba-536ad3ac2b6d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25646"
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source_hash: "99cf77c529899ceabf139326118ad3aca317fc79471a4dbb27782fefd96aeb6c"
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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 140 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INFANTS WITH PRENATAL SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE.
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This non-punitive, public-health oriented bill seeks to codify certain sections of the federal law known as the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as amended by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), that requires states to have policies and procedures in place to address the needs of infants born with and identified as being affected by substance abuse, withdrawal symptoms, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, including a requirement that healthcare providers involved in the delivery or care of such infant notify the child protection services system. This bill formalizes a uniform, collaborative response protocol for the development of a Plan of Safe Care for infants with prenatal substance exposure and their affected family or caregivers.
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25646&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB140)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory F. Lavelle — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Quinton Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-13** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-10** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-11** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-01** Amendment HA 1 to HB 140 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-24** Amendment HA 1 to HB 140 - Stricken in House
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- **2018-04-24** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-07** 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/8e2279f1-6887-490a-a1ba-536ad3ac2b6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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