Delaware Senate Bill 33 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 9 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-09 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

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.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Department Of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families.

Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]
Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]
Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]
Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]	Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

2023-04-04 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-14 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-09		Signed by Governor
2023-04-04		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-03-29		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
2023-03-15		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House
2023-03-14		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-03-08		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2023-01-18		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129955
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129955&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB33
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54102
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54211