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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS."
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description: "This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades K-5 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines “mental health services” as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 100"
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citation: "Delaware HB 100 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Townsend", "Darius J. Brown", "David P. Sokola", "Debra Heffernan", "Edward S. Osienski", "Eric Morrison", "Kimberly Williams", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Larry Lambert", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Marie Pinkney", "Michael F. Smith", "Peter C. Schwartzkopf", "Ruth Briggs King", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sarah McBride", "Sherae'a Moore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Timothy D. Dukes", "Valerie Longhurst", "William Bush"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-28"
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last_action: "2021-08-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5538237-f213-41c8-b424-9e147c9febd5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48362"
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source_hash: "9fbdcf1bfd47d120b881fc2d45ac48dbe432ed3d856c53d8caa2c7529c12386b"
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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 HB 100 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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This Act establishes a mental health services unit for Delaware elementary schools. The unit is at a ratio of 250 full-time equivalent students grades K-5 for a full-time school counselor, school social worker, or licensed clinical social worker. Additionally a unit ratio of 700 full time equivalent students for grades K-5 for employment of a full-time school psychologist. This Act defines “mental health services” as prevention, response, and coordination services delivered to students in elementary schools.
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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=48362&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB100)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78823&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sarah McBride — primary (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Timothy D. Dukes — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- William Bush — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles S Postles Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel B. Short — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Ernesto B. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kevin S Hensley — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Poore — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Matthews — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-28** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 11 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-11** Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Amendment HA 1 to HB 100 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-03** Amendment HA 2 to HB 100 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-04** Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 5 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-08** Suspension of Rules in House
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- **2021-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 100 - Stricken
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- **2021-06-08** Amendment HA 2 to HB 100 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-08** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-08** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-15** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-15** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-30** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-08-19** 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/a5538237-f213-41c8-b424-9e147c9febd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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