---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM."
description: "This bill would allow for a student to participate in the Inspire Scholarship Program for eight continuous semesters instead of the current six. This would allow a student to use Inspire Scholarships for each of the semesters during a traditional college program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "Delaware SB 90 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-22"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a48cac-06bc-4d46-92f5-25207c5d414e"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25816"
source_hash: "d972ffb6d1ce04576e613b9ff38e569f7bb90b6e88f51315b34e56ed28db8262"
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 SB 90 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

This bill would allow for a student to participate in the Inspire Scholarship Program for eight continuous semesters instead of the current six. This would allow a student to use Inspire Scholarships for each of the semesters during a traditional college program.

## 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=25816&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB90)

## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **17–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-22** Introduced and 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`
- **2018-03-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-03-13** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2018-05-10** 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/b4a48cac-06bc-4d46-92f5-25207c5d414e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).