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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."
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description: "This Act allows one excused absence per school year for students grades 6 through 12 to attend civic engagements such as visits to the United States Capitol, Legislative Hall, and sites of political and cultural significance, or participation in a rally, march, protest, or walkout. For a student to attend a civic engagement event, the student’s parent or guardian must provide written permission no later than 3 school days prior to the student’s planned absence. The school shall determine what is acceptable as written permission. If the principal or another school or school district official does not confirm receipt of written permission with the parent or guardian prior to the student’s planned absence, permission for the student to attend the civic engagement event as an excused absence is presumed."
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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 175"
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citation: "Delaware HB 175 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Morrison", "Laura V. Sturgeon", "Sherae'a Moore", "Sherry Dorsey Walker"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-22"
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last_action: "2021-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7aeec72-5dda-4ee8-8417-824ab92b837e"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=68607"
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source_hash: "5108d41303f337023f5eeec47f707347b33b48c9228f31d36b89d7877fa004b5"
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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 175 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
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This Act allows one excused absence per school year for students grades 6 through 12 to attend civic engagements such as visits to the United States Capitol, Legislative Hall, and sites of political and cultural significance, or participation in a rally, march, protest, or walkout. For a student to attend a civic engagement event, the student’s parent or guardian must provide written permission no later than 3 school days prior to the student’s planned absence. The school shall determine what is acceptable as written permission. If the principal or another school or school district official does not confirm receipt of written permission with the parent or guardian prior to the student’s planned absence, permission for the student to attend the civic engagement event as an excused absence is presumed.
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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=68607&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB175)
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2. **HA 2 to HB 175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=68697&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **13–8** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **38–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Morrison — primary (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
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- Sherry Dorsey Walker — primary (person)
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- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
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- David Bentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — 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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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-22** Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-06** Amendment HA 1 to HB 175 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-12** Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 4 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-13** Amendment HA 2 to HB 175 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-06-10** Amendment HA 2 to HB 175 - Passed In House by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-06-10** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 2 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** 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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- **2021-06-22** Passed By Senate. Votes: 13 YES 8 NO `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/e7aeec72-5dda-4ee8-8417-824ab92b837e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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