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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 CHAPTER 12 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LIMITATION, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF EDUCATOR LICENSES."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 234"
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citation: "Delaware SB 234 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "David P. Sokola", "Earl G. Jaques Jr.", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf"]
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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: "2018-06-07"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4d1063c-b312-4216-8c3d-2ea80daa4d21"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26787"
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source_hash: "b74e116a3d6ce2b02e253f38d0c7126568e81fd71c8e6f833c9b4bd08a8aced1"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=26787&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB234)
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## Votes
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- SM — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **41–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Gary Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-06-07** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-13** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-13** Laid On Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-14** Lifted From Table in Senate
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- **2018-06-14** Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-15** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 1 Favorable, 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-06-28** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
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- **2018-07-11** 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/b4d1063c-b312-4216-8c3d-2ea80daa4d21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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