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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES."
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description: "This Act creates a Deputy Secretary position within the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (“Department”) and exempts the position from the Merit System under Chapter 59 of Title 29. The Secretary of the Department may establish the powers, duties, and functions of the Deputy Secretary."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "150"
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identifier: "HB 151"
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citation: "Delaware HB 151 (150)"
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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", "Krista Griffith", "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: "2019-05-09"
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last_action: "2019-07-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24f34f82-74b3-4aca-b188-e9bfc3675474"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47455"
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source_hash: "05b1871d91914cc0131e14582d6e5b75279472fec8b138b62a42b4b9f9640509"
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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 151 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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This Act creates a Deputy Secretary position within the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (“Department”) and exempts the position from the Merit System under Chapter 59 of Title 29. The Secretary of the Department may establish the powers, duties, and functions of the Deputy Secretary.
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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=47455&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB151)
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## Votes
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-05-09** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-15** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2019-07-04** 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/24f34f82-74b3-4aca-b188-e9bfc3675474`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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