republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/hb-326.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ADVANCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.	This Act creates the Delaware Advance Scholarship Program (“Program”). The goal of this Act is to encourage Delaware students with intellectual disabilities to pursue studies for a comprehensive certificate or degree at a Delaware institution of higher education in order to promote economic self-sufficiency. This will result in an economic benefit to the State in the form of a more diverse, well-prepared workforce that is less reliant on government support. This Act follows the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008, which authorizes comprehensive transition and post-secondary programs as a pathway to higher education for students with intellectual disabilities. The Program will be effective beginning in the 2018 through 2019 academic year.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	HB 326	Delaware HB 326 (149)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Williams Nicole Poore	1	11	2	2018-03-01	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f7317205-6d28-48a8-ad54-5d0ed02f38c9	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26330	9bd19c042b00da615bf5c55bc7f220a1240a8c610bfb99bfae16e78c37774879	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 326 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE ADVANCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

This Act creates the Delaware Advance Scholarship Program (“Program”). The goal of this Act is to encourage Delaware students with intellectual disabilities to pursue studies for a comprehensive certificate or degree at a Delaware institution of higher education in order to promote economic self-sufficiency. This will result in an economic benefit to the State in the form of a more diverse, well-prepared workforce that is less reliant on government support. This Act follows the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008, which authorizes comprehensive transition and post-secondary programs as a pathway to higher education for students with intellectual disabilities. The Program will be effective beginning in the 2018 through 2019 academic year.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Brian J. Bushweller — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-01 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 326 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 13 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-03-29 Amendment HA 2 to HB 326 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-26 Amendment HA 1 to HB 326 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Amendment HA 2 to HB 326 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-04-26 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-04-29 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-13 Passed By Senate. Votes: 19 YES 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7317205-6d28-48a8-ad54-5d0ed02f38c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).