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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS."
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description: "The Delaware Code does not currently contain any explicit direction for public schools relating to school absences for observance of religious holidays. This Act requires schools to excuse a pupil's absence for observance of a religious holiday, and further requires districts and charters to have a policy discouraging teachers from scheduling tests, presentations and the like on days where some students may be absent for a religious holiday. A pupil who does miss a grading event must be allowed to make-up the test or otherwise recover credit. The Department of Education is directed to promulgate rules and regulations relating to implementation of this Act, including a list of holidays on which an absence for religious observance must be excused."
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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 163"
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citation: "Delaware HB 163 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laura V. Sturgeon", "Madinah Wilson-Anton", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-28"
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last_action: "2021-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/634ad987-96e6-4b71-9398-8e7a999227ed"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68637"
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source_hash: "fae677c9cf37d9b62abb52987677da3412dff2e013091237066e78fdea488f99"
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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 163 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS.
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The Delaware Code does not currently contain any explicit direction for public schools relating to school absences for observance of religious holidays. This Act requires schools to excuse a pupil's absence for observance of a religious holiday, and further requires districts and charters to have a policy discouraging teachers from scheduling tests, presentations and the like on days where some students may be absent for a religious holiday. A pupil who does miss a grading event must be allowed to make-up the test or otherwise recover credit. The Department of Education is directed to promulgate rules and regulations relating to implementation of this Act, including a list of holidays on which an absence for religious observance must be excused.
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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=68637&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB163)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=78834&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **17–1** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan W. Shupe — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-28** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-12** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 5 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-08** Amendment HA 1 to HB 163 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-17** Amendment HA 1 to HB 163 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Education Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 1 NO 3 NOT VOTING `passage`
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- **2021-06-30** 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/634ad987-96e6-4b71-9398-8e7a999227ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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