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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM."
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description: "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."
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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 90"
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citation: "Delaware SB 90 (149)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Sean M. Lynn", "Stephanie T. Bolden"]
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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: "2017-05-22"
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last_action: "2018-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a48cac-06bc-4d46-92f5-25207c5d414e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25816"
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source_hash: "d972ffb6d1ce04576e613b9ff38e569f7bb90b6e88f51315b34e56ed28db8262"
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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 90 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
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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.
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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=25816&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB90)
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## Votes
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- SM — **38–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **17–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Colin Bonini — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Earl G. Jaques Jr. — 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 A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret Rose Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Melanie George Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — 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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- **2017-05-22** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-08** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-03-13** Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-28** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-17** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-18** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-19** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2018-05-10** 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/b4a48cac-06bc-4d46-92f5-25207c5d414e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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