DeShanna U. Neal

Voted for Senate Bill 13, which makes hospitals give free medically necessary care to Delaware residents earning up to three times the poverty level. The Delaware House passed it 27-13, and it became law.

June 23, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted for House Bill 56, which makes health plans and Medicaid cover surgery to remove excess skin when a doctor finds it medically needed. The Delaware House passed it 29-8, and it became law.

April 17, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored House Bill 459, signed into law to bar sales of energy drinks on public middle- and high-school campuses during school hours or events.

September 8, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored House Bill 466, signed into law to let colleges stock and use nasal epinephrine for severe allergic reactions.

July 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 310, which denies the job-creation tax break to data centers and other very large power users not running on clean energy. The Delaware House passed it 26-11, and it became law.

July 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 233, which makes data centers and other very large power users pay their own hookup and rate costs. The Delaware House passed it 27-8, and it became law.

July 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored House Substitute 1 for House Bill 396 to require large restaurant chains to mark high-caffeine drinks on menus; it left House committee.

June 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored House Substitute 1 for House Bill 394 to require stores to post health warnings near energy drinks and caffeinated supplements; it remained in a Senate committee.

June 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House Bill 348, which removes the dollar caps and $50,000 price limit on Delaware's electric car rebates, letting the state set amounts. The Delaware House passed it 26-13, and it became law.

May 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored House Bill 3, signed into law to establish breastfeeding and lactation support for women in state correctional custody.

July 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 70, which requires rental homes built before 1978 to pass a lead paint inspection, with state help for landlords. The Delaware House passed it 26-11, and it became law.

June 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 210, the Pollution Accountability Act, which raises the daily fines for breaking Delaware environmental laws to as much as $40,000. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 24, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored House Bill 426, signed into law to let pregnant women in state correctional custody create a birth plan with a doula or midwife.

September 24, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored House Bill 313, signed into law to provide recommended mammogram screenings for women in state correctional custody.

August 2, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for House Bill 10, which set annual targets for buying electric school buses; the House passed it 25-15.

June 21, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 423, which enrolls new state workers in a retirement savings plan by default unless they opt out. The Delaware House passed it 32-8, and it became law.

June 11, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 105, which makes employers with 26 or more workers state the pay range and benefits in every job ad. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 10, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 24, which lets a public employee union be certified without an election once over half the workers sign cards. The Delaware House passed it 26-12, and it became law.

June 26, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 105, which makes employers with 26 or more workers state the pay range and benefits in every job ad. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 10, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 368, which bars Delaware police from holding people on immigration requests no judge signed, except violent felons and some repeat offenders. The Delaware House passed it 23-13, and it became law.

June 16, 2026Supports Immigration

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 94, which bars Delaware police from helping federal immigration arrests at schools, colleges, places of worship, and health care sites. The Delaware House passed it 27-14, and it became law.

April 16, 2026Supports Immigration

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 182, which bars Delaware police from signing federal 287(g) deals to do civil immigration enforcement or hold immigration detainees. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

June 24, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted for Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 80, which allowed professional licensing regardless of immigration status; the House passed it 25-0.

June 29, 2023Supports Immigration

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 10, which set annual targets for buying electric school buses; the House passed it 25-15.

June 21, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored House Bill 324, signed into law to require human-trafficking awareness signs in tattoo parlors and encourage staff training at tattoo and piercing businesses.

September 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 368, which bars Delaware police from holding people on immigration requests no judge signed, except violent felons and some repeat offenders. The Delaware House passed it 23-13, and it became law.

June 16, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored House Bill 277, signed into law to establish the Blue Envelope Program for safer communication between drivers with disabilities and police during traffic stops.

April 23, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 94, which bars Delaware police from helping federal immigration arrests at schools, colleges, places of worship, and health care sites. The Delaware House passed it 27-14, and it became law.

April 16, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 150, which bars civil (non-criminal) arrests of people going to or from Delaware courthouses. The Delaware House passed it 25-13, and it became law.

March 24, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 153, which ends citizen's arrests in Delaware, so only people a law names may arrest or hold someone. The Delaware House passed it 24-12, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 23, the Housing for Every Delawarean Act, which makes counties and towns plan for 20% affordable housing and allow denser housing. The Delaware House passed it 29-11, and it became law.

June 23, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 116, which lets regulators approve power and gas delivery rates 20% below standard for low-income households. The Delaware House passed it 26-14, and it became law.

June 30, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 50, which creates the Delaware Energy Fund to help households under 350% of the poverty level pay energy bills. The Delaware House passed it 27-13, and it became law.

June 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 62, which bars utilities shutting off a home's power or gas over the holidays or on freezing or extreme-heat days. The Delaware House passed it 28-12, and it became law.

April 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 300, which requires gun dealers to hold a state license with cameras, alarms, employee background checks, and staff training. The Delaware House passed it 27-11, and it became law.

June 25, 2026Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 418, which gives owners of untraceable ghost guns six months to get a serial number stamped on or disable them. The Delaware House passed it 28-8, and it became law.

June 11, 2026Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 369, which writes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety into law so a future governor cannot undo it. The Delaware House passed it 27-12, and it became law.

May 14, 2026Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for a bill requiring a state permit before buying a handgun; the House passed it 23-16.

March 7, 2024Supports Gun Control

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 205, which shields Delaware health care providers from other states' penalties for care that is legal in Delaware. The Delaware House passed it 29-11, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for a bill requiring Delaware public universities to provide access to medication abortion and emergency contraception; the House passed it 24-16.

June 30, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 380, which extends Delaware's personal data privacy law to companies holding data on 10,000 or more Delawareans, down from 35,000. The Delaware House passed it 30-9, and it became law.

May 21, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 444, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which lets voters sue over rules that hold back minority voters. The Delaware House passed it 29-11, and it became law.

June 18, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 250, which rewrites Delaware's parentage law to define a child's legal parents the same way whatever their gender or marital status. The Delaware House passed it 26-10, and it became law.

May 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored House Substitute 2 for House Bill 48, signed into law to require permits and inspections for accessible parking spaces and raise the fine for illegal parking.

September 25, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for House Bill 48, which requires permits and inspections for disabled parking spaces and raises the illegal parking fine from $200 to $250. The Delaware House passed it 27-7, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 37, which makes clear that state and local government agencies must follow Delaware's ban on discrimination in public places. The Delaware House passed it 26-12, and it became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 119, the Freedom to Read Act, barring public and school libraries from pulling books over their author or ideas. The Delaware House passed it 27-10, and it became law.

May 22, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com

Sponsored House Bill 346 to extend legal protections to providers of gender-affirming care; it left committee but did not pass.

March 13, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Co-led Trans United Fund Families and helped launch its Meet My Child public education campaign about transgender children and their families.

May 10, 2016Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for House Bill 310, which denies the job-creation tax break to data centers and other very large power users not running on clean energy. The Delaware House passed it 26-11, and it became law.

July 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 233, which makes data centers and other very large power users pay their own hookup and rate costs. The Delaware House passed it 27-8, and it became law.

July 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 326, which tightens oversight of power and gas companies, including regular management reviews and limits on collecting rate hikes before approval. The Delaware House passed it 30-11, and it became law.

June 30, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 380, which extends Delaware's personal data privacy law to companies holding data on 10,000 or more Delawareans, down from 35,000. The Delaware House passed it 30-9, and it became law.

May 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 201, which requires a state license to flip home purchase contracts and gives sellers 21 days to cancel such a deal. The Delaware House passed it 26-10, and it became law.

May 14, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for House Bill 151, which bars Delaware and its local governments from paying private companies to run jails or detention centers. The Delaware House passed it 28-13, and it became law.

April 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com

Voted for Senate Bill 60, which bars utilities from billing customers for lobbying, political donations, or image advertising. The Delaware House passed it 29-9, and it became law.

June 25, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Sponsored House Bill 350, signed into law to require a state study of homeschool students' access to public-school extracurricular activities.

July 23, 2026

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Sponsored House Bill 359, which passed both chambers to let the state bury or cremate unclaimed remains of indigent people without written consent from their relatives.

June 25, 2026

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Served as vice-chair of the House Health and Human Development Committee.

May 20, 2026

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Signed a letter asking Delaware utility regulators to reject Delmarva Power's rate-increase request and have it refiled under a new review standard.

February 6, 2026

Source: housedems.delaware.gov

Sponsored a signed resolution directing state health officials to study participation in a federal program that lets eligible food-benefit recipients buy prepared meals.

August 25, 2025

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 2, which set up a regulated and taxed market for recreational marijuana; the House passed it 27-13.

March 9, 2023

Source: legis.delaware.gov

Voted for House Bill 1, which removed penalties for adults possessing or sharing small amounts of marijuana; the House passed it 28-13.

March 7, 2023

Source: legis.delaware.gov