republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/151/hb-166.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ELEVATE DELAWARE PROGRAM.	Like House Bill No. 166, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 166 establishes the Elevate Delaware program. Elevate Delaware will provide payments for tuition and auxiliary expenses, up to $10,000, for individuals to attend an approved non-credit certificate program. The Workforce Development Board will create a list of non- credit certificate programs eligible for the Elevate Delaware program and establish priorities based upon the skill requirements of employers in Delaware. It also allows the Department of Labor to provide payments to participants in Elevate Delaware to cover auxiliary expenses necessary to meet basic living expenses or purchase supplies necessary for the non-certificate program or employment upon completion of the program.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	151	HB 166	Delaware HB 166 (151)	bill		enacted	Darius J. Brown Edward S. Osienski John "Jack" Walsh	1	8	2	2021-05-13	2021-10-19	openstates	ocd-bill/e9c18b51-418b-48f0-99b1-286e4f9c4ae9	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68699	c0ce7d1082a9184cac40bfcffaeb77176a4f7b652dfdf6fac27a986311c8b4b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 166 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ELEVATE DELAWARE PROGRAM.

Like House Bill No. 166, House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 166 establishes the Elevate Delaware program. Elevate Delaware will provide payments for tuition and auxiliary expenses, up to $10,000, for individuals to attend an approved non-credit certificate program. The Workforce Development Board will create a list of non- credit certificate programs eligible for the Elevate Delaware program and establish priorities based upon the skill requirements of employers in Delaware. It also allows the Department of Labor to provide payments to participants in Elevate Delaware to cover auxiliary expenses necessary to meet basic living expenses or purchase supplies necessary for the non-certificate program or employment upon completion of the program.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Darius J. Brown — primary (person)
• Edward S. Osienski — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Brian Pettyjohn — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
• S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Sean M. Lynn — cosponsor (person)
• Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen Smyk — cosponsor (person)
• Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
• William Bush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-13 Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 166, and Assigned to Labor Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 4 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2021-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2021-06-30 Suspension of Rules in Senate
• 2021-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2021-10-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9c18b51-418b-48f0-99b1-286e4f9c4ae9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).