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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE INSPECTIONS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES."
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description: "This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis."
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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: "SB 215"
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citation: "Delaware SB 215 (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", "Daniel B. Short", "Darius J. Brown", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Kendra Johnson", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Lyndon D. Yearick", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ronald E. Gray", "Russell Huxtable", "Sean M. Lynn", "Sean Matthews", "Spiros Mantzavinos", "Stell Parker Selby", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-26"
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last_action: "2024-08-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ae03873-48e5-46d3-b2f5-c8575a249f7b"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140927"
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source_hash: "969bbcfd763cb31ab44f8fba8bff6fe68659cfdb30ff9998e79192ac4470407f"
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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 215 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE INSPECTIONS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
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This Act requires the Department of Health and Social Services to inspect long-term care facilities on an annual basis.
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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=140927&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB215)
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2. **SA 1 to SB 215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141139&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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3. **SA 2 to SB 215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=141141&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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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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- 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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- Daniel B. Short — 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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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ronald E. Gray — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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- Stell Parker Selby — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-26** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-26** Amendment SA 1 to SB 215 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-26** Amendment SA 2 to SB 215 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2024-03-27** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-27** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Amendment SA 1 to SB 215 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Amendment SA 2 to SB 215 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-06-11** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-20** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-25** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-08-01** 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/8ae03873-48e5-46d3-b2f5-c8575a249f7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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