---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCED FOSTER CARE."
description: "This Act does the following:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Delaware HB 23 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Eric Morrison", "Kendra Johnson", "Krista Griffith", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Paul S. Baumbach", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sean Matthews", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "William Bush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79012877-7a37-46f7-bc13-3a7108435564"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140921"
source_hash: "791c75270c26b229fcf062548486566f4825713cecb265e1952f8deb695ebd70"
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 23 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHO EXPERIENCED FOSTER CARE.

This Act does the following:

## 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=140921&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB23)

## Votes

- SM — **31–0** (pass) · lower
- 3/5 — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — primary (person)
- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
- Sean Matthews — primary (person)
- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 10 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2024-10-25** 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/79012877-7a37-46f7-bc13-3a7108435564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).