---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS."
description: "A 2017 survey of Delaware high school students found that during the 12 months before the survey the following occurred:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 301"
citation: "Delaware HB 301 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Melissa Minor-Brown", "Michael F. Smith", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Sarah McBride", "Sherae'a Moore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Valerie Longhurst"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77e3f941-4c91-41a6-8c58-8ac317a573a4"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79144"
source_hash: "c4e8e0c03ece6664360028ce560e585ba78d4ff3e2b1828882afb0bb4d0509f1"
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 301 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

A 2017 survey of Delaware high school students found that during the 12 months before the survey the following occurred:

## 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=79144&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB301)
2. **HA 1 to HB 301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=79266&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)

## Votes

- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
- Melissa Minor-Brown — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- Darius J. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
- William Bush — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 10 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 301 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-22** Amendment HA 1 to HB 301 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2022-08-03** 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/77e3f941-4c91-41a6-8c58-8ac317a573a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).