AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CHILD CARE ACT.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Sep 2025
Introduced Mar 13, 2025
Signed Sep 2, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 25, 2025 · House Mar 25, 2025
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Jun 25, 2025
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican6
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 2, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Assigned to Education Committee in Senate
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 49, and Assigned to Education Committee in House
lower
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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