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HA1TOHB259 • 2025

This amendment changes the submission date for the annual report to January 1 instead of December 1 and allows the reporting on lead screening prior to school enrollment to be combined with and transmitted together with the more general annual lead report required under § 2606 of Title 16.

This amendment changes the submission date for the annual report to January 1 instead of December 1 and allows the reporting on lead screening prior to school enrollment to be combined with and transmitted together with the more general annual lead report required under § 2606 of Title 16.

Children Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
K. Williams
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Passed 4/14/26
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify whether there's an explicit requirement for combined reports to be sent together, only that they may be combined and submitted together.

Changing Report Dates for Lead Screening

This amendment changes when an annual report about lead screening must be submitted from December 1 to January 1 and allows combining certain reports.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the date to submit an annual report from December 1 to January 1.
  • Allows reporting on lead screening prior to school enrollment to be combined with the more general annual lead report.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Schools and other organizations that do lead screening
  • Agencies responsible for receiving the annual lead reports

Terms To Know

annual report
A yearly document sent to a government agency with information about lead screening.
lead screening
Tests done to check if children have been exposed to dangerous levels of lead.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how combining reports will affect the content or timing of other reporting requirements.
  • It is unclear what happens if a report is submitted late after the new January 1 deadline.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed In House by Voice Vote

  2. 2026-03-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

Official Summary Text

This amendment changes the submission date for the annual report to January 1 instead of December 1 and allows the reporting on lead screening prior to school enrollment to be combined with and transmitted together with the more general annual lead report required under § 2606 of Title 16.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. K. Williams

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 259

AMEND House Bill No. 259 on line 21 by deleting "

December 1

" and inserting in lieu thereof "

January 1

".

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 259 on line 26 by inserting "

The reporting required under this paragraph may be combined with and submitted together with the annual report required under § 2606 of this title.

" after the period therein.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment changes the submission date for the annual report to January 1 instead of December 1 and allows the reporting on lead screening prior to school enrollment to be combined with and transmitted together with the more general annual lead report required under § 2606 of Title 16.