DE HB 54

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION.

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

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Did DE HB 54 pass?

Yes. DE HB 54 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-20): Signed by Governor

What is DE HB 54 about?

This Act establishes the Office of Suicide Prevention to address suicide prevention and to do the following: (1) Serve in coordination with the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families as a place to reach all suicide prevention resources in the State. (2) Assist the suicide prevention coalition in its mission. (3) Provide suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention vision and guidance to stakeholders throughout the State. (4) Work with community level prevention organizations to promote best practices in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. (5) Oversee suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention funding application processes and seek grant funds to further suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. (6) Prepare an annual report for the General Assembly and Governor that outlines the work of the Office and progress made towards suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention, beginning on October 15, 2026. (7) Create the State’s Suicide Prevention Plan, with approval of the suicide prevention coalition, and update it no fewer than every three years. The Act provides that the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health will choose a Director to carry out the Office’s duties.

Who sponsors DE HB 54?

Bryan Townsend, Laura V. Sturgeon, David P. Sokola and 23 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 54, joined by 37 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-03-06
Latest action: 2025-08-20 — Signed by Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-08-20
Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-26
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
passage
2025-06-25
Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage
2025-06-18
Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-12
Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
introduction,referral-committee
2025-06-12
Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT
passage
2025-06-12
Amendment HA 1 to HB 54 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2025-06-10
Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee
2025-03-19
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 7 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-18
Amendment HA 1 to HB 54 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
amendment-introduction
2025-03-06
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
introduction,referral-committee

Versions

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Documents

Votes

SM
2025-06-12 · pass · 37-0
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: other
- 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: other
- 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: other
- Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
- Lyndon D. Yearick: yes
SM
2025-06-26 · pass · 20-0
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: other
- 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=141885

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