republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-85.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF TEACHERS OVER PUPILS.	This Act draws attention to the types of discipline used in schools by capturing data about out-of-school suspensions and publishing that data, in an effort to help schools identify areas where the data regarding out-of-school suspensions indicates there is room to reduce such suspensions. This Act is meant to increase transparency, improve overall school climate, resulting in improved student outcomes.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 85	Delaware SB 85 (149)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Williams Margaret Rose Henry Valerie Longhurst	1	9	3	2018-03-29	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f804f09d-a380-4014-8055-36ada732eddd	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26457	47f2c24347133151841c938b746f8d1539ba732313c8ea7d9d683022cbb70308	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 85 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF TEACHERS OVER PUPILS.

This Act draws attention to the types of discipline used in schools by capturing data about out-of-school suspensions and publishing that data, in an effort to help schools identify areas where the data regarding out-of-school suspensions indicates there is room to reduce such suspensions. This Act is meant to increase transparency, improve overall school climate, resulting in improved student outcomes.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 14–6 (pass) · upper
• SM — 23–16 (pass) · lower
• SM — 14–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-29 was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 85 introduction
• 2018-03-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-04-12 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-05-30 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-05 Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2018-06-05 Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 16 NO 2 ABSENT passage
• 2018-06-07 Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT passage
• 2018-07-11 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f804f09d-a380-4014-8055-36ada732eddd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).