---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE."
description: "This Act authorizes teacher candidates who will participate in the “alternative routes” for teacher licensure and certification program hired after July 1 of a school year to fulfill the 120 hour seminar/practicum requirement prior to the start of the following school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Delaware HB 193 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Kimberly Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-01"
last_action: "2017-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cb81800-b8d9-4da8-b281-86a533b4e477"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25847"
source_hash: "427e6e0616e666d091ef9907a3f0e8814c79ddad9285a8ae555bb08ea1977b99"
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 193 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE.

This Act authorizes teacher candidates who will participate in the “alternative routes” for teacher licensure and certification program hired after July 1 of a school year to fulfill the 120 hour seminar/practicum requirement prior to the start of the following school year.

## 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=25847&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB193)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-01** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 14 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2017-06-20** 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`
- **2017-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 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/1cb81800-b8d9-4da8-b281-86a533b4e477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).