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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRUANCY. This Act eliminates the ability of a court to suspend a students driving privileges or hunting license for truancy. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 149 HB 438 Delaware HB 438 (149)
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Delaware HB 438 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TRUANCY.

This Act eliminates the ability of a court to suspend a students driving privileges or hunting license for truancy.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 2515 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Charles Potter Jr. — primary (person)
  • Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
  • Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-06-05 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-06 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 9 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-26 Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 15 NO 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2018-06-26 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-27 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
  • 2018-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2018-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f28abc68-2f24-43dd-8c87-175666ae2827. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).