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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD DEATH REVIEWS."
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description: "This Act clarifies that the reviews of child and maternal deaths are confidential and may not be used in any proceedings. It ensures that the committees and panels who do the work on behalf of the Child Death Review Commission are protected."
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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 183"
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citation: "Delaware HB 183 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ernesto B Lopez", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Melanie George Smith", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-05-16"
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last_action: "2017-08-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4c0ef19-3a49-40a1-9c61-bdbf76197c9d"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25793"
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source_hash: "8ae5d13c162ad0f640b49b9b2e7643ce052329051b2aee878bcc9443583b6e3b"
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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 183 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD DEATH REVIEWS.
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This Act clarifies that the reviews of child and maternal deaths are confidential and may not be used in any proceedings. It ensures that the committees and panels who do the work on behalf of the Child Death Review Commission are protected.
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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=25793&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB183)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **36–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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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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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-05-16** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Passed By House. Votes: 36 YES 5 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-06-15** Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-08-30** 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/f4c0ef19-3a49-40a1-9c61-bdbf76197c9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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