Bill Commons

DE HB 49

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT.

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

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Quick answers

Did DE HB 49 pass?

Yes. DE HB 49 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-09-02): Signed by Governor

What is DE HB 49 about?

This Act makes changes to the Delaware Child Care Act to clarify that early education programs run by state or local education agencies are subject to a parallel regulatory and monitoring structure administered by the Office of Child Care Licensing to ensure health, safety, and child development standards are met.

Who sponsors DE HB 49?

Nicole Poore, Claire Snyder-Hall, Dave G. Lawson and 7 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 49, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

This Act makes changes to the Delaware Child Care Act to clarify that early education programs run by state or local education agencies are subject to a parallel regulatory and monitoring structure administered by the Office of Child Care Licensing to ensure health, safety, and child development standards are met.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2025-09-02 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Nicole Pooreprimary
  • Claire Snyder-Hallprimary
  • Dave G. Lawsonprimary
  • William Bushprimary
  • Josue O Ortegaprimary
  • Bryant L. Richardsonprimary
  • Laura V. Sturgeonprimary
  • Russell Huxtableprimary
  • Kimberly Williamsprimary
  • Debra Heffernanprimary
  • Frank Burnscosponsor
  • Josue O Ortegacosponsor
  • William Bushcosponsor
  • Kamela T Smithcosponsor
  • Kyra L. Hoffnercosponsor
  • Nicole Poorecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-09-02

    Signed by Governor

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  2. 2025-06-25

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

    passage

  3. 2025-04-17

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits

    committee-passage

  4. 2025-03-25

    Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

    introduction,referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-25

    Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT

    passage

  6. 2025-03-19

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-03-13

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 49, and Assigned to Education Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SM

    2025-03-25 · pass · 39-0

    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: other
    • 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

  • 2/3

    2025-06-25 · 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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Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141941

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