republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/149/sb-90.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.	This bill would allow for a student to participate in the Inspire Scholarship Program for eight continuous semesters instead of the current six. This would allow a student to use Inspire Scholarships for each of the semesters during a traditional college program.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	149	SB 90	Delaware SB 90 (149)	bill		enacted	Brian J. Bushweller Sean M. Lynn Stephanie T. Bolden	1	9	2	2017-05-22	2018-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b4a48cac-06bc-4d46-92f5-25207c5d414e	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25816	d972ffb6d1ce04576e613b9ff38e569f7bb90b6e88f51315b34e56ed28db8262	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 90 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

This bill would allow for a student to participate in the Inspire Scholarship Program for eight continuous semesters instead of the current six. This would allow a student to use Inspire Scholarships for each of the semesters during a traditional college program.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 17–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — cosponsor (person)
• Helene M. Keeley — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Charles Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-22 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-06-07 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2018-03-08 Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-03-13 Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-28 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-17 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-19 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2018-05-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4a48cac-06bc-4d46-92f5-25207c5d414e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).