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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PLAY-BASED LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION."
+description: "Like House Bill No. 15, this Act permits early childhood educators in the public schools to use and encourage play-based learning in their classrooms and in their curriculum. This Act permits local education agencies to provide early childhood professional development in play-based learning, which may include professional development programs developed by the Department of Education. This Act also permits the Department to promulgate regulations for purposes of implementing this Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "153"
+identifier: "HB 15"
+citation: "Delaware HB 15 (153)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Sherae'a Moore", "William Bush"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-03"
+last_action: "2025-09-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7becdce2-034e-4bce-a18d-41247a65a7fd"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142041"
+source_hash: "4586841794e03c32e260150a79291b4059a3335b69450e3fede44a2e5c18b961"
+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 15 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PLAY-BASED LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
+
+Like House Bill No. 15, this Act permits early childhood educators in the public schools to use and encourage play-based learning in their classrooms and in their curriculum. This Act permits local education agencies to provide early childhood professional development in play-based learning, which may include professional development programs developed by the Department of Education. This Act also permits the Department to promulgate regulations for purposes of implementing this Act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
+- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
+- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
+- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
+- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
+- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
+- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
+- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
+- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
+- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
+- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
+- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
+- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
+- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
+- William Bush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-03** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 15 `introduction`
+- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2025-09-02** 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/7becdce2-034e-4bce-a18d-41247a65a7fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
+