---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PLAY-BASED LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION."
description: "Like House Bill No. 15, this Act permits early childhood educators in the public schools to use and encourage play-based learning in their classrooms and in their curriculum. This Act permits local education agencies to provide early childhood professional development in play-based learning, which may include professional development programs developed by the Department of Education. This Act also permits the Department to promulgate regulations for purposes of implementing this Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "153"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "Delaware HB 15 (153)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Bryan Townsend", "Bryan W. Shupe", "Claire Snyder-Hall", "Cyndie Romer", "Dave G. Lawson", "David L. Wilson", "David P. Sokola", "Eric Morrison", "Franklin D. Cooke", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Josue O Ortega", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Sarah McBride", "Sherae'a Moore", "William Bush"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7becdce2-034e-4bce-a18d-41247a65a7fd"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142041"
source_hash: "4586841794e03c32e260150a79291b4059a3335b69450e3fede44a2e5c18b961"
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 15 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PLAY-BASED LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Like House Bill No. 15, this Act permits early childhood educators in the public schools to use and encourage play-based learning in their classrooms and in their curriculum. This Act permits local education agencies to provide early childhood professional development in play-based learning, which may include professional development programs developed by the Department of Education. This Act also permits the Department to promulgate regulations for purposes of implementing this Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
- Bryan W. Shupe — primary (person)
- Claire Snyder-Hall — primary (person)
- Cyndie Romer — primary (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — primary (person)
- David L. Wilson — primary (person)
- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
- Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
- Josue O Ortega — primary (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-03** was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 15 `introduction`
- **2025-06-12** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2025-09-02** 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/7becdce2-034e-4bce-a18d-41247a65a7fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).