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SB 253 Delaware Senate · 151st General Assembly (2021-2022)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATIONS.

Summary
This bill provides flexibility for nursing and assisted living facilities to make hiring decisions contingent on staff influenza vaccination status.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
Jun 2022
Introduced Mar 22, 2022 Signed Jun 14, 2022
Floor votes · House May 17, 2022

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 14, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
May 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 32 YES 7 NO 2 ABSENT
lower
May 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 On Its Merits
lower
May 4, 2022
Introduced
Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
lower
May 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Apr 6, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DB
David Bentz
DDemocratic
DE
18
Co
BC
Bruce C. Ennis
DDemocratic
DE
14
Co
Photo of Bryan Townsend
Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
Co
Photo of Debra Heffernan
Debra Heffernan
DDemocratic
DE
6
Co
JL
John L. Mitchell
DDemocratic
DE
13
Co
Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
Co
Photo of Krista Griffith
Krista Griffith
DDemocratic
DE
12
Co
Photo of Laura Sturgeon
Laura Sturgeon
DDemocratic
DE
4
Co
Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
Co
Photo of Stephanie Hansen
Stephanie Hansen
DDemocratic
DE
10