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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR SEED GRANTS."
description: "Currently, the SEED program allows students a maximum of 6 semesters to complete an Associate Degree. This Bill allows SEED eligible students who complete their Associate Degree in fewer than 6 semesters to apply the remaining semesters of the grant toward a Bachelors Degree at either the University of Delaware or Delaware Technical and Community College."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Delaware SB 175 (150)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris B. McDowell", "Timothy D. Dukes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-26"
last_action: "2019-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6ed79ee-0962-4ac1-bcd2-3fc09809e2a1"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47828"
source_hash: "751a815c3f588cbbf5e6f9b09dc3b252bae908982a82131901e7f04fff36e44e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 175 (150) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY FOR SEED GRANTS.
Currently, the SEED program allows students a maximum of 6 semesters to complete an Associate Degree. This Bill allows SEED eligible students who complete their Associate Degree in fewer than 6 semesters to apply the remaining semesters of the grant toward a Bachelors Degree at either the University of Delaware or Delaware Technical and Community College.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47828&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB175)
2. **SA 1 to SB 175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=47876&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
## Votes
- SM — **210** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Harris B. McDowell — primary (person)
- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
- Ernesto B Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald E. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-06-27** Suspension of Rules in Senate
- **2019-06-27** Amendment SA 1 to SB 175 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
- **2019-06-30** Suspension of Rules in House
- **2019-06-30** Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `passage`
- **2019-07-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6ed79ee-0962-4ac1-bcd2-3fc09809e2a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).