republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-234.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 CHAPTER 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LIMITATION, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF EDUCATOR LICENSES.	Currently, the ability of the Department to take licensure action (i.e., suspension, revocation, limitation) is, in certain cases, contingent upon the public school employer first taking employment action (i.e., dismissal, termination). The Department believes that its ability, as the agency issuing professional teaching credentials to educators, to undertake licensure action should be separate from any action by the public school employer. Further, the Department seeks to expand the circumstances in which the Secretary may automatically suspend teaching credentials, specifically to include situations involving felony crimes against a children or where there is a clear and immediate danger to student safety or welfare.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 234	Delaware SB 234 (149)	bill		enacted	Bryan Townsend David P. Sokola Earl G. Jaques Jr. Peter C. Schwartzkopf	1	9	2	2018-06-07	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/b4d1063c-b312-4216-8c3d-2ea80daa4d21	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26787	b74e116a3d6ce2b02e253f38d0c7126568e81fd71c8e6f833c9b4bd08a8aced1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 234 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 CHAPTER 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LIMITATION, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF EDUCATOR LICENSES.

Currently, the ability of the Department to take licensure action (i.e., suspension, revocation, limitation) is, in certain cases, contingent upon the public school employer first taking employment action (i.e., dismissal, termination). The Department believes that its ability, as the agency issuing professional teaching credentials to educators, to undertake licensure action should be separate from any action by the public school employer. Further, the Department seeks to expand the circumstances in which the Secretary may automatically suspend teaching credentials, specifically to include situations involving felony crimes against a children or where there is a clear and immediate danger to student safety or welfare.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — primary (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-07 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-06-13 Laid On Table in Senate
• 2018-06-14 Lifted From Table in Senate
• 2018-06-14 Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-15 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-28 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4d1063c-b312-4216-8c3d-2ea80daa4d21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).