---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED DURING IDENTIFIED PERIOD OF WAR OR CONFLICT."
description: "This bill expands the population of war veterans who are eligible to be awarded a high school diploma."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 230"
citation: "Delaware HB 230 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Earl G. Jaques Jr."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-13"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a70341-8621-475d-b582-99cec73c84cb"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25953"
source_hash: "f70609df11620653748803e9fe87662172aa3c8df253f85d511b81fb198a3acb"
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 230 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED DURING IDENTIFIED PERIOD OF WAR OR CONFLICT.

This bill expands the population of war veterans who are eligible to be awarded a high school diploma.

## 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=25953&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB230)

## Votes

- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey R. Kenton — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Richard G. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-13** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 10 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-06-27** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-01** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-07-21** 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/58a70341-8621-475d-b582-99cec73c84cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).