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SB 33 Delaware Senate · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Summary
This bill adopts a key recommendation of the Child Protection Accountability Commission Caseloads and Workloads final report approved on November 20, 2019, that Division of Family Services (DFS) caseload standards be reduced from 18 to 12 families per worker. Due to the volume of work generated by a caseload of 18 families, workers are significantly restricted in the time they can spend on critical case activities such as family engagement, assessment of safety, and face-to-face contact with children and families.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Jan 18, 2023 Signed Jun 9, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 4, 2023

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 9, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Apr 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Introduced
Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
upper
Jan 18, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
upper
18 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Bill Carson
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Brian Pettyjohn
RRepublican
DE
19
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Bryan Townsend
DDemocratic
DE
11
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Photo of Cyndie Romer
Cyndie Romer
DDemocratic
DE
25
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Photo of Darius Brown
Darius Brown
DDemocratic
DE
2
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Photo of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison
DDemocratic
DE
27
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Photo of Jack Walsh
Jack Walsh
DDemocratic
DE
9
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Photo of Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson
DDemocratic
DE
5
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Photo of Kerri Harris
Kerri Harris
DDemocratic
DE
32
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Photo of Kyle Gay
Kyle Gay
DDemocratic
DE
5
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Photo of Marie Pinkney
Marie Pinkney
DDemocratic
DE
13
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Photo of Mike Smith
Mike Smith
RRepublican
DE
22
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Photo of Nicole Poore
Nicole Poore
DDemocratic
DE
12
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Photo of Paul Baumbach
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
DE
23
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Pete Schwartzkopf
DDemocratic
DE
14
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Photo of Russ Huxtable
Russ Huxtable
DDemocratic
DE
6
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Ruth Briggs King
RRepublican
DE
37
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Photo of Sean Matthews
Sean Matthews
DDemocratic
DE
10