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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT."
+description: "This Act will improve guidelines for training by school districts and charters as it pertains to School Resource Officers (SRO), their duties and training when interacting with students with disabilities. The limitations and prohibitions described in this section are in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other constitutional, statutory, or regulatory rights otherwise conferred by federal or state law or regulation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "149"
+identifier: "HB 142"
+citation: "Delaware HB 142 (149)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Nicole Poore"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-25"
+last_action: "2017-09-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7f1f8e-2762-44c3-8e6a-8b4185327851"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25657"
+source_hash: "d020c7110f61ce47873755187a1eb5d261163f4c3022a62b5ccb7fc32795aa4f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 142 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT.
+
+This Act will improve guidelines for training by school districts and charters as it pertains to School Resource Officers (SRO), their duties and training when interacting with students with disabilities. The limitations and prohibitions described in this section are in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other constitutional, statutory, or regulatory rights otherwise conferred by federal or state law or regulation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25657&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB142)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Potter Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
+- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
+- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-04-25** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-17** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-13** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-06-13** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2017-09-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b7f1f8e-2762-44c3-8e6a-8b4185327851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+