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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF TEACHERS OVER PUPILS."
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description: "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."
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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 85"
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citation: "Delaware SB 85 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Williams", "Margaret Rose Henry", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-03-29"
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last_action: "2018-07-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f804f09d-a380-4014-8055-36ada732eddd"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=26457"
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source_hash: "47f2c24347133151841c938b746f8d1539ba732313c8ea7d9d683022cbb70308"
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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 85 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF TEACHERS OVER PUPILS.
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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.
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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=26457&legislationTypeId=6&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SS1)
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## Votes
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- SM — **14–6** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **23–16** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **14–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Anthony Delcollo — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Deborah Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
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- Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-29** was introduced and adopted in lieu of SB 85 `introduction`
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- **2018-03-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 5 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-04-12** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-02** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 12 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-30** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-05** Amendment HA 1 to SS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-06-05** Passed By House. Votes: 23 YES 16 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-06-07** Passed By Senate. Votes: 14 YES 6 NO 1 ABSENT `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/f804f09d-a380-4014-8055-36ada732eddd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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