DE HB 157
enactedAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE HEARING AID LOAN BANK PROGRAM.
Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower
Description
This Act repeals the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program, as the program is no longer operational. The Program was created pursuant to Volume 74, Chapter 109 of the Laws of Delaware (2003), for the purpose of lending hearing aids on a temporary basis to children under 3 years old. Loans were initially for 6 months with possible 3-month extensions granted by the Program Manager. The need for the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program has steadily decreased over time and the Program is now obsolete. As a result, the Division of Public Health no longer stocks the Hearing Aid Loan Bank.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-08
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-08-25 — Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- John "Jack" Walshprimary
- Eric Morrisonprimary
- Russell Huxtableprimary
- Ronald E. Grayprimary
- Sarah McBrideprimary
- Ray Seigfriedprimary
- Frank Burnsprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-05-08
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2025-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 1 Favorable, 14 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-10
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage
2025-06-10
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-30
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2025-08-25
Signed by Governor
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Votes
SM
2025-06-10 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (41)
- Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
- Frank Burns: yes
- William Bush: yes
- William J. Carson: yes
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
- Richard G. Collins: yes
- Franklin D. Cooke: yes
- Daniel B. Short: yes
- Timothy D. Dukes: yes
- Mara Gorman: yes
- Ronald E. Gray: yes
- Krista Griffith: yes
- Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
- Debra Heffernan: yes
- Kevin S Hensley: yes
- Jeff Hilovsky: yes
- Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
- Kendra Johnson: yes
- Kimberly Williams: yes
- Kamela T Smith: yes
- Larry Lambert: yes
- Sean M. Lynn: yes
- Michael F. Smith: yes
- Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
- Shannon Morris: yes
- Eric Morrison: yes
- DeShanna U Neal: yes
- Josue O Ortega: yes
- Edward S. Osienski: yes
- Stell Parker Selby: other
- Sophie Phillips: yes
- Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
- Cyndie Romer: yes
- Melanie Ross Levin: yes
- Sherae'a Moore: yes
- Bryan W. Shupe: yes
- Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
- Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes
SM
2025-06-30 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (21)
- Darius J. Brown: yes
- Eric Buckson: yes
- Daniel Cruce: yes
- Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
- Gerald W. Hocker: yes
- Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
- Russell Huxtable: yes
- Dave G. Lawson: yes
- S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
- Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
- Trey Paradee: yes
- Brian Pettyjohn: yes
- Marie Pinkney: yes
- Nicole Poore: yes
- Bryant L. Richardson: yes
- Ray Seigfried: yes
- David P. Sokola: yes
- Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
- Bryan Townsend: yes
- John "Jack" Walsh: yes
- David L. Wilson: yes
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