---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS."
description: "The 2019 Delaware Literacy Plan (“Literacy Plan”) established a framework to address Delaware’s literacy challenges. The Literacy Plan concluded that a strong teacher preparation program should lay the foundation for teachers to be able to engage students in the essential components of evidenced-based reading instruction, known as the \"science of reading.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "SB 133"
citation: "Delaware SB 133 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sarah McBride", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-10"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecce3fba-89f4-4490-87ed-82810cdef4a9"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68682"
source_hash: "bea73857c88e12e7f81a82da262e93631bdd169e97487246109b089deafee917"
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 133 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS.

The 2019 Delaware Literacy Plan (“Literacy Plan”) established a framework to address Delaware’s literacy challenges. The Literacy Plan concluded that a strong teacher preparation program should lay the foundation for teachers to be able to engage students in the essential components of evidenced-based reading instruction, known as the "science of reading."

## 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=68682&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB133)

## Votes

- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2021-06-24** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 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/ecce3fba-89f4-4490-87ed-82810cdef4a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).