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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD."
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description: "This Act revises the existing crime of endangering the welfare of a child by providing or permitting a child to consume or inhale unprescribed controlled substances in the following ways:"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "HB 183"
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citation: "Delaware HB 183 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryant L. Richardson", "Cyndie Romer", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Franklin D. Cooke", "Jesse R. Vanderwende", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Russell Huxtable", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Trey Paradee", "Valerie Longhurst", "William J. Carson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-06-01"
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last_action: "2023-07-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1e5c6e6-2872-4061-9a45-d5255a652937"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140492"
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source_hash: "17a30377b709fe9dbe312d4e87758c1839e6603d9f74f0fc8fb7d2f2bf5a1d9c"
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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 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD.
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This Act revises the existing crime of endangering the welfare of a child by providing or permitting a child to consume or inhale unprescribed controlled substances in the following ways:
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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=140492&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB183)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140615&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — primary (person)
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- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- Jesse R. Vanderwende — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William J. Carson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-06-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 183 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-06-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 183 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2023-06-20** Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 5 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2023-07-31** 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/b1e5c6e6-2872-4061-9a45-d5255a652937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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