---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTABLISHING DELAWARE CERTIFICATES OF MULTI-LITERACY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED HIGH LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY IN ONE OR MORE WORLD LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH."
description: "This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education no later than August 30, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HJR 4"
citation: "Delaware HJR 4 (149)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andria L. Bennett", "David P. Sokola", "Joseph E. Miro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a863b35-f93e-4daa-b3b1-a9e907607111"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25487"
source_hash: "e8261b6c9b2b53e0e3deccee7a871dc31014058b13f9cbfae9b2388970266e9a"
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 HJR 4 (149) — ESTABLISHING DELAWARE CERTIFICATES OF MULTI-LITERACY TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED HIGH LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY IN ONE OR MORE WORLD LANGUAGES IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH.

This resolution requires a Delaware Certificate of Multi-literacy be established. The criteria for such certificate is to be developed by the Department of Education no later than August 30, 2017.

## 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=25487&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR4)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Joseph E. Miro — primary (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-21** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `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/3a863b35-f93e-4daa-b3b1-a9e907607111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).