republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-123.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN IN FOSTER CARE.	This Act supports children who spent part or all of their teen years in the State's foster care system to access higher education by providing a tuition waiver program to cover the cost of tuition, fees, and (where offered) room and board at a public Delaware college or university.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 123	Delaware HB 123 (151)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown Debra Heffernan Krista Griffith Larry Lambert Nicole Poore S. Elizabeth Lockman Sherry Dorsey Walker Stephanie T. Bolden Valerie Longhurst	1	7	2	2021-06-08	2021-10-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d2a49bb1-7008-4f67-af35-9eec019086e8	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78841	659888d659b0be8f8be706c5a381e081dec5d20cb9f181816af8dcab4920b876	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 123 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN IN FOSTER CARE.

This Act supports children who spent part or all of their teen years in the State's foster care system to access higher education by providing a tuition waiver program to cover the cost of tuition, fees, and (where offered) room and board at a public Delaware college or university.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 39–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
• Krista Griffith — primary (person)
• Larry Lambert — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
• Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
• Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
• Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
• Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-08 Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO passage
• 2021-06-22 Assigned to Education Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-10-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2a49bb1-7008-4f67-af35-9eec019086e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).