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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.

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

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Amendment Changing Lead Report Dates and Submission Rules

This amendment moves the due date for an annual lead screening report to January 1 instead of December 1 and allows two different reports on lead testing to be sent together.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the submission deadline for the annual report from December 1 to January 1.
  • Allows the report about lead screening before school enrollment to be combined with the general annual lead report required under § 2606 of Title 16.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Entities responsible for submitting reports on lead screening prior to school enrollment
  • Entities responsible for submitting the general annual lead report

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not state when this amendment takes effect.
  • The source material describes the reports but does not name specific agencies or groups that must submit them.

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.

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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.