---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS."
description: "This Substitute Bill makes the following changes to House Bill No. 287:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Delaware HB 287 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-06"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/796649df-3ca6-40bc-8c34-8b7f04558dc5"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26340"
source_hash: "9363344b36f89f92e73c6741eaae92f56777e0721920defd319b6aa403852e1f"
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 287 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS.

This Substitute Bill makes the following changes to House Bill No. 287:

## 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=26340&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HS1)

## Votes

- SM — **34–4** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-06** Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 287, and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-20** Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20** Passed By House. Votes: 34 YES 4 NO 2 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2018-04-18** 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/796649df-3ca6-40bc-8c34-8b7f04558dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).