---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSENT EDUCATION."
description: "This Act requires that the health education programs presented by the Department of Education include instruction on what it means to \"consent\" in the context of a sexual encounter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Delaware SB 78 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole Poore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-18"
last_action: "2019-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ae2961-61a2-4e6e-b102-4e3becaa474b"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47387"
source_hash: "abc6e29551c1c4428e91737e400e4c1d94026aad29bc2b4b2f38b90ab8d85fcf"
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 78 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CONSENT EDUCATION.

This Act requires that the health education programs presented by the Department of Education include instruction on what it means to "consent" in the context of a sexual encounter.

## 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=47387&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB78)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Cloutier — cosponsor (person)
- David B. McBride — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18** Introduced and Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-09-10** 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/69ae2961-61a2-4e6e-b102-4e3becaa474b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).