republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hb-318.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION.	This Act requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a curriculum on the Holocaust and genocide for students in grades 6 through 12. Teaching the lessons learned from the Holocaust and other genocides helps cultivate the spirit of human resilience, courage, heroism, and tolerance. Education about the Holocaust and genocide provide a context to learn about the danger that befalls us when hatred goes unchallenged and there is indifference in the face of oppression of others. The Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee can provide guidance, academic content assistance, resources, and assistance with curricula development to deliver quality Holocaust and genocide education.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HB 318	Delaware HB 318 (150)	bill		enacted	Catherine Cloutier Debra Heffernan Harris B. McDowell Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Krista Griffith Laura V. Sturgeon Valerie Longhurst	2	9	2	2020-01-21	2020-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ee6f7a9b-fa37-4718-8b17-d7e5fcba5534	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47968	addc87dc65c50f6196f4212a3e0c613c1e08a3716fcfe0d9cb70c78bb552e84c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 318 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION.

This Act requires the Department of Education to establish and implement a curriculum on the Holocaust and genocide for students in grades 6 through 12. Teaching the lessons learned from the Holocaust and other genocides helps cultivate the spirit of human resilience, courage, heroism, and tolerance. Education about the Holocaust and genocide provide a context to learn about the danger that befalls us when hatred goes unchallenged and there is indifference in the face of oppression of others. The Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee can provide guidance, academic content assistance, resources, and assistance with curricula development to deliver quality Holocaust and genocide education.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. HA 1 to HB 318 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Catherine Cloutier — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
• Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• Bryant L. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Earl G. Jaques Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Viola — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Dukes — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-21 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 318 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2020-01-28 Amendment HA 1 to HB 318 - Passed In House by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2020-01-28 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2020-01-28 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-23 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2020-06-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2020-07-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee6f7a9b-fa37-4718-8b17-d7e5fcba5534. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).