HB 174 DE

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Introduced

Like House Bill No. 174, this substitute enables family members of individuals who have died by suicide to receive support services through the present Victims Compensation Assistance Program through a Suicide Victims’ Assistance Fund. This Act takes effect on July 1 following its enactment into law and the appropriation of funds into the Suicide Victims’ Assistance Fund. This substitute differs from the original bill by removing language providing funding for the bill through surcharges on business, residential, wireless, and prepaid wireless services. Instead, this substitute calls for the Suicide Victims’ Assistance Fund to be funded through annual appropriations by the General Assembly. This substitute also imposes a cap on annual expenditures from the fund and requires proportional reductions to claim payments for the remainder of the year if expenditures are expected to exceed the cap or once 75% of appropriated funds have been disbursed. This Act also calls for the General Assembly to review the expenditure cap and adjust it as appropriate every two years, beginning in Fiscal Year 2028.

• Eric Morrison Democratic · primary
• Spiros Mantzavinos Democratic · primary
• Sean M. Lynn Democratic · primary
• Ray Seigfried Democratic · primary
• Marie Pinkney Democratic · primary
• Bryant L. Richardson Republican · primary
• Josue O Ortega Democratic · primary
• Melanie Ross Levin Democratic · primary
• Russell Huxtable Democratic · primary
• Nicole Poore Democratic · primary
• Claire Snyder-Hall Democratic · primary
• Laura V. Sturgeon Democratic · primary
• Sarah McBride · primary

1. Mar 5, 2026 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 174, and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House · lower