DE HB 158

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY PLANNING.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

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Did DE HB 158 pass?

Yes. DE HB 158 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-25): Signed by Governor

What is DE HB 158 about?

The Public Health Emergency Planning Commission was established in 2002 and directed to deliver to the Governor a plan for responding to a public health emergency that addressed at least 21 specific provisions. Since then, that single plan has evolved into an overarching Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Plan, which is a strategic plan that provides a broad context for the execution of public health emergency response and recovery. There are over 70 additional “plans” or annexes that provide additional procedural guidance that have been developed by DHSS in partnership with other state agencies and external stakeholders such as hospitals. The Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Plan will still be updated every 2 years by DHSS and other state agency and private partners. The Public Health Emergency Planning Commission will be renamed the Public Health Emergency Planning Council. It will review the Public Health Emergency Operations Coordination Plan every 2 years. It will also continue in its advisory capacity to the Governor whenever a public health emergency is declared. It must meet within 30 days of the declaration of a state of emergency due to a public health emergency, and at least every 30 days until the public health emergency is lifted. In the absence of a public health emergency the Council must meet at least once a year. This Act also makes technical corrections to existing statutory language.

Who sponsors DE HB 158?

John "Jack" Walsh, Melanie Ross Levin, Spiros Mantzavinos and 4 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 158, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-05-08
Latest action: 2025-08-25 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-08-25
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage
2025-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-10
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-10
Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
passage
2025-06-10
Amendment HA 1 to HB 158 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2025-06-10
Amendment HA 1 to HB 158 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-05-21
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 5 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee

Versions

HA 1 to HB 158Compare
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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
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2025-06-26 · 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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https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142231

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