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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION."
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description: "This Act establishes the ability to grant a waiver for participation in interscholastic sports when a child exercises the right for choice from one school to another school of choice provided the standards for the waiver are met. In addition, this Act takes into consideration a new charter school or newly added grades to a charter school."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "149"
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identifier: "HB 98"
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citation: "Delaware HB 98 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David P. Sokola", "Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "F. Gary Simpson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-03-28"
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last_action: "2017-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a206ec3e-2dcb-455a-a98d-dcdb60d0bbdf"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25544"
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source_hash: "00aac87b87231c0ebafb3dd1c7d55b33958184644c74837bb947027106c2d2ee"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 98 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
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This Act establishes the ability to grant a waiver for participation in interscholastic sports when a child exercises the right for choice from one school to another school of choice provided the standards for the waiver are met. In addition, this Act takes into consideration a new charter school or newly added grades to a charter school.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25544&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB98)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — primary (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald W. Hocker — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- John Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph E. Miro — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-28** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 11 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-03** Amendment HA 1 to HB 98 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-05-16** Amendment HA 1 to HB 98 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-16** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2017-05-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2017-07-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a206ec3e-2dcb-455a-a98d-dcdb60d0bbdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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