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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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 123"
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citation: "Delaware HB 123 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darius J. Brown", "Debra Heffernan", "Krista Griffith", "Larry Lambert", "Nicole Poore", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherry Dorsey Walker", "Stephanie T. Bolden", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-06-08"
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last_action: "2021-10-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a49bb1-7008-4f67-af35-9eec019086e8"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78841"
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source_hash: "659888d659b0be8f8be706c5a381e081dec5d20cb9f181816af8dcab4920b876"
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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 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.
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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.
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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=78841&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB123)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **39–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Krista Griffith — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Stephanie T. Bolden — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-08** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-22** Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 NO `passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-10-21** 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/d2a49bb1-7008-4f67-af35-9eec019086e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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