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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 211, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM."
+description: "This Act repeals the sunset of the Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program, which provides tuition for an eligible individual to attend an approved nondegree credit certificate program that provides industry-accepted skill training and certification."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "SB 154"
+citation: "Delaware SB 154 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Russell Huxtable", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-01"
+last_action: "2023-09-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040ff667-da8a-4fce-a1ce-254c4742f3e7"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140480"
+source_hash: "7513babad5fe86aa6e5a4dab7e1775efda3e3e5a5eaadf1faeab7e81315ddf56"
+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 SB 154 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 211, VOLUME 83 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.
+
+This Act repeals the sunset of the Focus on Alternative Skills Training Program, which provides tuition for an eligible individual to attend an approved nondegree credit certificate program that provides industry-accepted skill training and certification.
+
+## 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=140480&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB154)
+2. **SA 1 to SB 154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=140617&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
+- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-14** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-14** Amendment SA 1 to SB 154 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-06-15** Amendment SA 1 to SB 154 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-06-15** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2023-09-21** 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/040ff667-da8a-4fce-a1ce-254c4742f3e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+