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SB 86 Delaware Senate · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABUSED, DEPENDENT, NEGLECTED, AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN.

Summary
This Act authorizes the Family Court to appoint an education decision maker for abused, dependent, neglected, and delinquent children and children in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families under Chapter 25 of Title 13 to assist with education stability, discipline, and other education issues when a parent or guardian is unavailable or unable to make such decisions or consents to the appointment. This Act does not supplant the educational surrogate parent program under § 3132 of Title 14.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2017
Senate Passage
Jun 2017
House Passage
Jun 2017
Signed into Law
Jul 2017
Introduced May 22, 2017 Signed Jul 21, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2017 · House Jun 30, 2017

How they voted

21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Jun 8, 2017
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
10 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jul 21, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 30, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
lower
Jun 14, 2017
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 13, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
Jun 9, 2017
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
Jun 8, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 8, 2017
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
upper
May 22, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
upper
5 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dave Sokola
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
DE
8
P
EG
Earl G. Jaques Jr.
DDemocratic
DE
27
P
Photo of Kim Williams
Kim Williams
DDemocratic
DE
19
P
MR
Margaret Rose Henry
DDemocratic
DE
2
P
MG
Melanie George Smith
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
BJ
Brian J. Bushweller
DDemocratic
DE
17
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson
RRepublican
DE
18
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
RM
Robert Marshall
DDemocratic
DE
3
Co
Photo of Sean Lynn
Sean Lynn
DDemocratic
DE
31
Co
Photo of Stephanie Bolden
Stephanie Bolden
DDemocratic
DE
2
Co
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10