---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 31 RELATING TO THE PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW ACT."
description: "The Act places the Parents Right to Know Act in the Department of Education instead of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families. This Act also clarifies the notice requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Delaware HB 196 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-19"
last_action: "2021-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac0c34b9-a61c-479e-83f9-64a8dffae137"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78736"
source_hash: "6fe2d2520c5ec588e25eefe54d336c6dfe0b98bbf78283272bc66610524334ea"
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 196 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 14 AND 31 RELATING TO THE PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW ACT.

The Act places the Parents Right to Know Act in the Department of Education instead of the Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families. This Act also clarifies the notice requirements.

## 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=78736&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB196)
2. **HA 1 to HB 196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79010&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- 2/3 — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-19** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 6 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-28** Amendment HA 1 to HB 196 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-29** Amendment HA 1 to HB 196 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-29** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2021-06-29** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-09-17** 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/ac0c34b9-a61c-479e-83f9-64a8dffae137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).