HB 462 Delaware House · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ABUSE OF CHILDREN.

Summary
This Act permits multidisciplinary team members to share information freely amongst themselves to better protect the welfare of abused children in the State of Delaware. This Act also establishes a framework for parties in Family Court civil proceedings to have access to records created and maintained by a child advocacy center related to forensic interviews it conducts such that the Family Court can utilize those records to avoid retraumatizing children by having to interview them again as part of court proceedings.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Oct 2022
Introduced Jun 8, 2022 Signed Oct 10, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2022 · House Jun 16, 2022

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
Jun 29, 2022
D Democratic13
13 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican7
7 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Oct 10, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
upper
Jun 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
upper
Jun 16, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
Jun 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Jun 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amendment HA 1 to HB 462 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
lower
Jun 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 7 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
lower
Jun 13, 2022
Introduced
Amendment HA 1 to HB 462 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
lower
Jun 8, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
3 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors